Khat Dependency and Psychophysical Symptoms among Chewers in Jazan Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khat Dependency and Psychophysical Symptoms among Chewers in Jazan Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
BACKGROUND Khat chewing is highly prevalent in Africa, Yemen and Jazan region, southwest of Saudi Arabia. Most of Jazani Khat chewers consider khat session as a social activity and do not consider khat dependency. The aim of this study was to explore khat dependency and its relationship with the psychophysical symptoms among chewers. METHODS Cross-sectional study on seventy Saudi male khat ch...
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عنوان ژورنال: BioMed Research International
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2314-6133,2314-6141
DOI: 10.1155/2016/2642506