Prevalence of substance use among college students in Eldoret, western Kenya

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Atwoli, Lukoye ^a   Mungla, Prisca A ^a   Ndung'u, Moses N ^a   Kinoti, Kiende C ^a   Ogot, Evans M ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FIGHTING; FRIEND; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; KENYA; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEFT; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79952066751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-34     Document Type: Article

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