Prevalence of drug and alcohol use in urban Afghanistan: epidemiological data from the Afghanistan National Urban Drug Use Study (ANUDUS)

• Main Authors: Dr. Linda B Cottler, PhD (Author), Shaun Ajinkya, MPH (Author), Bruce A Goldberger, PhD (Author), Mohammad Asrar Ghani, MD (Author), David M Martin, PhD (Author), Hui Hu, BS (Author), Mark S Gold, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Previous attempts to assess the prevalence of drug use in Afghanistan have focused on subgroups that are not generalisable. In the Afghanistan National Urban Drug Use Study, we assessed risk factors and drug use in Afghanistan through self-report questionnaires that we validated with lab...