The use and misuse of prescription stimulants as "cognitive enhancers" by students at one academic health sciences center

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 967-971

  Bossaer, John B ^a   Gray, Jeffrey A ^a   Miller, Stacy E ^a   Enck, Gavin ^b,c   Gaddipati, Vamsi C ^d   Enck, Robert E ^e  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e East Tennessee State University   (United States)

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EID: 84879929195     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318294fc7b     Document Type: Article

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