A Household Study on the Prevalence of Substance Misuse in Tehran: The need for other methods to estimate the prevalence
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...
Main Authors: | Mehdi Nassr, Badri Daneshamuz, Banafshe Gharai, Mansour Salehi, Mehrdad Eftekhar Ardebili, Mir Farhad Ghalebandi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2006-08-01
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Series: | Iranian Journal of Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/10916.pdf&manuscript_id=10916 |
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