Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 215-220 , May 2006

Comorbid psychiatric disorders, sex, and methamphetamine use in adolescents: a case-control study

  • Cheng-Fang Yen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Mian-Yoon Chong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83342, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 7 7330961; fax: +886 7 7326817.

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.07.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 215-220 , May 2006

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