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Persons > Drug Users

Preferred term

Drug Users  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Abuser, Drug
  • Abusers, Drug
  • Drug Abuser
  • Drug Abusers

Note

  • for drug users as persons only; for the disorder, use SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS

Scope note

  • People who take drugs for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. The drugs may be legal or illegal, but their use often results in adverse medical, legal, or social consequences for the users.

History note

  • 2009

In other languages

  • huumeiden käyttäjät

    Finnish

  • huumeiden käyttäjä
  • huumeidenkäyttäjä
  • huumeidenkäyttäjät
  • huumeongelmainen
  • huumeongelmaiset
  • huumeriippuvainen
  • huumeriippuvaiset
  • narkomaani
  • narkomaanit
  • Drogmissbrukare

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055030

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