Prevalence and patterns of polydrug use in Latin America: Analysis of population-based surveys in six countries

Review of European Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-18

  Reyes, Juan Carlos ^a   Pérez, Cynthia M ^a   Colón, Héctor M ^a   Dowell, Marya Hynes ^b   Cumsille, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Inter American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Hispanics; Latin American countries; Polydrug use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874184063     PISSN: 19187173     EISSN: 19187181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/res.v5n1p10     Document Type: Article

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