Prevalence of substance abuse among the medical students in southern Iran

Shiraz E Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 198-202

  Sahraian, A ^a   Sharifian, M ^b   Omidvar, B ^a   Javadpour, A ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 77958026048     PISSN: 17351391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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