Prevalence of psychoactive substances use in a Lithuanian women's prison revisited after 5 years

Case Reports and Clinical Practice Review

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Narkauskaite, Laura ^a   Juozulynas, Algirdas ^a   Mackiewicz, Zygmunt ^a   Venalis, Algirdas ^a   Utkuviene, Janina ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Prison; Psychoactive substances; Psychosocial factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CUSTODY; EDUCATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 79951567697     PISSN: 15076164     EISSN: 16433742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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