Use of cognitive enhancement medication among Northern Italian university students

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-117

  Castaldi, Silvana ^a   Gelatti, Umberto ^b   Orizio, Grazia ^b   Hartung, Uwe ^c   Moreno Londono, Ana Maria ^c   Nobile, Marta ^a   Schulz, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive enhancement medication; University students

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COGNITIVE ENHANCER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTELLECT; ITALIAN; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION; STUDENTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863656597     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e3182479584     Document Type: Article

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