Illicit drug use among students of a university in Southern Brazil

Illicit drug use among students of a university in Southern Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe drug consumption and the co-occurrence use of more than one illegal drug as well as associated factors in freshmen at a public university in Southern Brazil. METHODS Cross-sectional study with census of students entering undergraduate courses in 2017. A total of 1,...

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Main Authors:	Gbènankpon Mathias Houvèssou, Isabel Oliveira Bierhals, Betina Daniele Flesch, Mariângela Freitas da Silveira
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo
Series:	Revista de Saúde Pública
Subjects:	young adult universities street drugs drug-seeking behavior risk factors
Online Access:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102020000100242&lng=en&tlng=en

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