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Non-medical prescription stimulant use to improve academic performance among Australian university students: prevalence and correlates of use

BACKGROUND: Some university students consume pharmaceutical stimulants without a medical prescription with the goal of improving their academic performance. The prevalence of this practice has been well documented in the US, but less so in other countries. The potential harms of using prescription s...

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Autores principales:	Lucke, Jayne, Jensen, Charmaine, Dunn, Matthew, Chan, Gary, Forlini, Cynthia, Kaye, Sharlene, Partridge, Bradley, Farrell, Michael, Racine, Eric, Hall, Wayne
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245847/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30453936 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6212-0

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