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Substance use in a comparative perspective : the case of Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Romania and Slovakia / Arnošt Veselý, Dagmar Dzúrová, editors ; reviewers, PhDr. Ladislav Csémy, MUDr. Darina Sedláková, MPH. ; foreword by Prof. Richard Scheffler, Prof. Martin Potůček ; cover design and layout Jan Serých.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Veselý, Arnošt
- Scheffler, Richard, author of introduction, etc.
- Potůček, Martin, author of introduction, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Substance abuse--Social aspects--Bulgaria.
- Substance abuse.
- Substance abuse--Social aspects--Czech Republic.
- Substance abuse--Social aspects--Croatia.
- Substance abuse--Social aspects--Romania.
- Substance abuse--Social aspects--Slovakia.
- Drug abuse--Former communist countries.
- Drug abuse.
- Drug abuse--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Prague, [Czech Republic] : Karolinum Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book puts together different pieces of evidence on the developments of substance use in five post-communist countries over time. It builds a complex and reliable evidence base for empirical comparison and identifies evidence gaps. Such developments are analyzed and interpreted using an original theoretical framework and a combination of both quantitative and qualitative methodology.
- Contents:
- ""Foreword""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Environmental Factors as Determinants of Substance Use""; ""3. Risk Behavior in Comparative Perspective""; ""4. Risk Behavior in Five Post-Communist Countries""; ""5. Health-related Behavior at the Individual Level: Case Study of Substance Use ""; ""Executive summary""; ""Appendix ""; ""About authors""; ""References""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 08, 2014).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 80-246-2338-2
- OCLC:
- 878145427
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