Behavior, knowledge, and attitudes towards khat among yemeni medical students and effects of a seminar

Substance Abuse

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 373-377

  Yi, Paul H ^a   Kim, John S ^a   Hussein, Khalil I ^a   Saitz, Richard ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; khat; knowledge; medical students; seminar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATHA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; YEMEN;

ADULT; CATHA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YEMEN;

EID: 84866706100     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2012.662421     Document Type: Article

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