Patterns and correlates of substance use among university students in Iran

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 15-23

  Talaei, Ali ^a   Mokhber, Naghmeh ^a   Bordbar, Mohammad Reza Fayyazi ^a   Javanbakht, Arash ^a   Samari, Ali Akbar ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Depression; Family; Iran; Substance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955006054     PISSN: 17358639     EISSN: 17359287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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