Prescription Stimulant Misuse in a Military Population
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Prescription stimulant misuse in a military population.
BACKGROUND Increased prescription drug misuse has been reported in veterans, yet there has not been a focused look at stimulant misuse in the military community or correlation with deployment injuries and illnesses. Our objective was to identify rates of stimulant misuse and any correlation with deployment in the military population. METHODS A prospective, anonymous institutional review board...
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عنوان ژورنال: Military Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0026-4075,1930-613X
DOI: 10.7205/milmed-d-14-00375