The epidemiological profile of alcohol and other drug use in metropolitan China

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 645-653

  Cheng, Hui ^a,c   Lee, Sing ^b   Tsang, Adley ^b   Huang, Yueqin ^c   Liu, Zhaorui ^c   Anthony, James C ^a   Kessler, Ronald C ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; China; Epidemiology; Substance use; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHINA; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952002663     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0127-6     Document Type: Article

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