Epidemiology and Drug Dependence
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Epidemiology of Drug Dependence
If one judges solely by the cumulative table of contents of the official journal of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Neuropsychopharmacology, the intersection where epidemiology meets neuropsychopharmacology is quite empty. When one looks elsewhere, the traffic becomes visible, with a scope that encompasses topics such as the characteristics of incarcerated drug users, adolescen...
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OBJECTIVES This article estimates the prevalence of alcohol and illicit drug dependence among Canadians aged 15 or older Comorbidity with depression is examined. DATA SOURCES The data are from the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health and Well-being and the National Population Health Survey. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES Cross-tabulations were used to estimate the prevalence of alcoh...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.63.11.927-a