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Research Article

Estimating the Prevalence of Illicit Drug Use Among Students Using the Crosswise Model

Mansour ShamsipourDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Masoud YunesianDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Akbar FotouhiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ben JannSociology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Afarin Rahimi-MovagharImam Khomeini, Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS), Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Fariba AsghariMedical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ali Asghar AkhlaghiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Pages 1303-1310 | Published online: 01 Apr 2014

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