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Consumption of medicines, alcohol, tobacco and cannabis among university students: a 2-year follow-up

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  • Francisco Caamaño-Isorna
  • Nayara Mota
  • Alberto Crego
  • Montserrat Corral
  • Socorro Rodríguez Holguín
  • Fernando Cadaveira

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Our results reveal a very high intake of medicines among university students; most of them are without a medical prescription. Probably, this consumption of medicines is another form of poly-consumption of drugs. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2011

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  • Francisco Caamaño-Isorna & Nayara Mota & Alberto Crego & Montserrat Corral & Socorro Rodríguez Holguín & Fernando Cadaveira, 2011. "Consumption of medicines, alcohol, tobacco and cannabis among university students: a 2-year follow-up," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 56(3), pages 247-252, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:56:y:2011:i:3:p:247-252
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0204-x
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    1. María Fernanda Páramo & Fernando Cadaveira & Carolina Tinajero & María Soledad Rodríguez, 2020. "Binge Drinking, Cannabis Co-Consumption and Academic Achievement in First Year University Students in Spain: Academic Adjustment as a Mediator," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(2), pages 1-14, January.
    2. Alicia Busto Miramontes & Lucía Moure-Rodríguez & Narmeen Mallah & Ainara Díaz-Geada & Montserrat Corral & Fernando Cadaveira & Francisco Caamaño-Isorna, 2021. "Alcohol Consumption among Freshman College Students in Spain: Individual and Pooled Analyses of Three Cross-Sectional Surveys (2005, 2012 and 2016)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-13, March.
    3. Alicia Busto Miramontes & Lucía Moure-Rodríguez & Alba Regueira & Leonor Varela & Montserrat Corral & Adolfo Figueiras & Francisco Caamano-Isorna, 2022. "Analysis of AUDIT Domains in Freshman Students in Spain: Three Cross-Sectional Surveys (2005, 2012 and 2016)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(13), pages 1-12, June.
    4. Maria Isabel Galán Andrés & Valeriana Guijo Blanco & Inés Casado Verdejo & José Antonio Iglesias Guerra & Daniel Fernández García, 2021. "Self-Medication of Drugs in Nursing Students from Castile and Leon (Spain)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-9, February.
    5. Laura Delgado-Lobete & Rebeca Montes-Montes & Alba Vila-Paz & José-Manuel Cruz-Valiño & Berta Gándara-Gafo & Miguel-Ángel Talavera-Valverde & Sergio Santos-del-Riego, 2020. "Individual and Environmental Factors Associated with Tobacco Smoking, Alcohol Abuse and Illegal Drug Consumption in University Students: A Mediating Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(9), pages 1-16, April.
    6. Alicia Busto Miramontes & Lucía Moure-Rodríguez & Ainara Díaz-Geada & Socorro Rodríguez-Holguín & Montserrat Corral & Fernando Cadaveira & Francisco Caamaño-Isorna, 2019. "Heavy Drinking and Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs among University Students: A 9-Year Follow-Up," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(16), pages 1-11, August.
    7. Francisco Caamano-Isorna & Amy Adkins & Fazil Aliev & Lucía Moure-Rodríguez & Danielle M. Dick, 2020. "Population Attributable Fraction of Early Age of Onset of Alcohol Use in Alcohol Abuse and Dependence: A 3-Year Follow-Up Study in University Students," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(6), pages 1-16, March.

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