Motives for khat use and abstinence in Yemen - A gender perspective

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wedegaertner, Felix ^a   Al Warith, Hussein ^b   Hillemacher, Thomas ^a   Te Wildt, Bert ^a   Schneider, Udo ^b   Bleich, Stefan ^a   Breitmeier, Dirk ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b General Hospital Luebbecke Rahden   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHA EDULIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATHA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649324061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-735     Document Type: Article

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