Prescription drug misuse among U.S. active duty military personnel: a secondary analysis of the 2008 DoD survey of health related behaviors.
Objectives: This study identifies predictors of prescription drug misuse among U.S. active duty service members (ADSM). The 2008 Department of Defense Survey of Health-Related Behaviors (HRB) Among Active Duty Military Personnel indicated that ADSM misuse pain relievers, tranquilizers, sedatives, an...
| Publicado en: | Military Medicine Vol. 178; no. 2; pp. 180 - 196 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Feb2013
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