Cognitive Enhancement in Canadian Medical Students

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 360-365

  Kudlow, Paul A ^a   Treurnicht Naylor, Karline ^b,c   Xie, Bin ^d   McIntyre, Roger S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognitive enhancers; medical students; modafinil; off label use; prevalence; Ritalin

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; COFFEE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVALENCE; TEA; TOBACCO;

ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84885069371     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2013.825033     Document Type: Article

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