Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr. vol.27 número3

Comparative study of drug use among undergraduate

students at the University of São Paulo – São Paulo

campus in 1996 and 2001

Estudo comparativo entre 1996 e 2001 do uso de

drogas por alunos da graduação da Universidade de

São Paulo -

Campus

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GREA - Grupo Interdisciplinar de Estudos de Álcool e Drogas (Interdisciplinary Group for Alcohol and Drug Studies) of the Department of Psychiatry of the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) School of Medicine

1 _{Grupo Interdisciplinar de Estudos de Álcool e Drogas (GREA), Department of Psychiatry, Universidade de São Paulo (USP),}

São Paulo (SP), Brazil

2 _{Department of Statistics, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil} 3 _{Department of Psychiatry, Universidade de São Paulo (USP),}

São Paulo (SP), Brazil

Financing: Fundação do Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP). n. 01/07397-3

Conflicts of interests: None

Submitted: 18 March 2004 Accepted: 29 November 2004

Correspondence

Vladimir de Andrade Stempliuk

Observatório Brasileiro de Informações sobre Drogas – OBID Secretaria Nacional Antidrogas

Palácio do Planalto - Anexo II B - sala 203 70150-900 Brasília, DF

Phone: (61) 3411-3263 Fax: (61) 3411-2110 E-mail: vladimir.stempliuk@planalto.gov.br

Vladimir de Andrade Stempliuk,

Lucia Pereira Barroso,

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