Decline in adolescent treatment admissions for methamphetamine use in Cape Town

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 478-480

  Pluddemann A ^a   Dada, S ^a   Parry, C ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879514746     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6529     Document Type: Article

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