Use of Psychoactive Substances by Future Health Professionals
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[Use of psychoactive substances and risky behavior].
The article by Bastos et al 1 (2008), published in the Re-vista de Saúde Pública, forms an important contribution towards studies on the use of psychoactive substances and their relationship with behavior leading to risks to sexual and reproductive health. As the authors emphasize in their introduction, there are many health problems relating to the use of alcohol and other substances, which ma...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2155-6105
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6105.1000365