A Household Study on the Prevalence of Substance Misuse in Tehran: The need for other methods to estimate the prevalence

A Household Study on the Prevalence of Substance Misuse in Tehran: The need for other methods to estimate the prevalence

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Objective: Substance misuse is a major public health threat in Iran. The total number of addicts in Iran is estimated to be between 700,000 and 4,000,000. A few limited household studies on the prevalence of substance misuse have been performed in Iran. Method: The residents of the sixth district of...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Nassr, Badri Daneshamuz, Banafshe Gharai, Mansour Salehi, Mehrdad Eftekhar Ardebili, Mir Farhad Ghalebandi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2006-08-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Data collection
Epidemiologic methods
Iran
Prevalence
Substance related
disorders
Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/10916.pdf&manuscript_id=10916

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