Drug-related disorders and the criminal and clinical background of the prison population of São Paulo State, Brazil.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between drug (DAD) and alcohol (AAD) abuse and dependency and criminal and clinical background by gender of prisoners in São Paulo, Brazil. METHOD: Cross-sectional study, random sample stratified by administrative district, from which prisons and prisoners were...

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Main Authors: Maíra Mendes dos Santos, Maria Ines Quintana, Fernanda Gonçalves Moreira, José Geraldo Vernet Taborda, Jair de Jesus Mari, Sérgio Baxter Andreoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4237385?pdf=render