Adolescent tramadol use and abuse in Egypt

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 206-211

  Bassiony, Medhat M ^a   Salah El Deen, Ghada M ^a   Yousef, Usama ^a   Raya, Yasser ^a   Abdel Ghani, Mohamed M ^a   El Gohari, Hayam ^a   Atwa, Samar A ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Egypt; Tramadol abuse; Tramadol use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; TRAMADOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG USE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; THE DRUG DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; URINALYSIS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; TRAMADOL;

EID: 84929453027     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2015.1014959     Document Type: Article

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