Prevalence of khat chewers among primary health clinic attenders in Kenya.
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چکیده
In a rural district hospital in Kenya, the authors screened 100 randomly selected outpatients for khat (miraa) chewing. A surprisingly high number of them admitted chewing khat leaves. The implications of this finding and the controversy about whether or not khat is a harmful drug are discussed.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
دوره 75 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987