Use of alcohol and other drugs among Brazilian college students: Effects of gender and age;Uso de álcool e outras drogas entre universitários Brasileiros: Efeitos de gênero e idade

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 294-305

  de Andrade, Arthur Guerra ^a,b   Duarte, Paulina do Carmo Arruda Vieira ^c   Barroso, Lucia Pereira ^a   Nishimura, Raphael ^d   Alberghini, Denis Guilherme ^a   de Oliveira, Lúcio Garcia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria Nacional de Politicas sobre Drogas Brazilian Secretariat for Drug Policies   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3, 4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; CANNABIS; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INHALANT ABUSE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOBACCO;

EID: 84871447515     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbp.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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