Open AccessSubstance use and dependence in the Union Territory of Chandigarh: Results of a household survey using a multistage stratified random sample
Author(s) -
Ajit Avasthi,
Debasish Basu,
BN Subodh,
Pramod Kumar Gupta,
Nidhi Malhotra,
Poonam Rani,
Sunil Kumar Sharma
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_326_16
Subject(s) - stratified sampling , sample (material) , statistics , geography , psychology , demography , mathematics , sociology , chemistry , chromatography
Substance misuse is a global health and social problem with major adverse consequences. A number of regional studies on prevalence of substance use and dependence have been carried out in India; but methodologically robust data from Chandigarh are sparse.