University Students’ Views Regarding Reasons for Drug Abuse Among Youths

Alireza Didarloo; Reza Pourali

doi:10.5812/ijhrba.24778

University Students’ Views Regarding Reasons for Drug Abuse Among Youths

authors:

Alireza Didarloo ^{1
, *} , Reza Pourali ²

1 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Department of Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, IR Iran

2 Department of Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, IR Iran

International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction: Vol.5, issue 1; e59757

published online: January 18, 2016

article type: Letter

received: November 7, 2014

revised: April 11, 2015

accepted: April 15, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.24778

how to cite: Didarloo A, Pourali R. University Students’ Views Regarding Reasons for Drug Abuse Among Youths. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2016;5(1):e59757. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.24778.

Keywords

Drug Abuse Adolescent Students

Footnotes

Authors’ Contribution:Alireza Didarloo had a major role in the following areas: study concept and design; acquisition of data; analysis and interpretation of data; drafting of the manuscript, critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; statistical analysis; administrative, technical, and material support; study supervision. Reza Pourali has participated in the following parts of the research: study concept and design; acquisition of data.
Funding/Support:This study was supported by the Urmia University of Medical Sciences.

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