Profile of substance use and health risk due to substance use in subjects attending outpatient departments of a tertiary care hospital, South India

Background: The pattern and prevalence of substance use change from region to region and differ from country to country. Most of the people who abuse the drugs do not know the ill effects of their habit. Objective: This study aimed to assess the profile and health risk involved in each subject who u...

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Main Authors: Aleena Susan Shajan, Padmavathi Nagarajan, Shivanand Kattimani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-9962;year=2018;volume=34;issue=2;spage=120;epage=124;aulast=Shajan