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Problematic khat use as a possible risk factor for harmful use of other psychoactive substances: a mixed method study in Ethiopia [PDF]
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2017 Background Substance use disorders along with neuropsychiatric disorders contributed about 14% of the global burden of disease. Harmful alcohol use, is a known contributor for many harms (accidents, suicide, violence, and complication of other ...
Awoke Mihretu +2 more
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Catha edulis Forsk (khat) reduces spontaneous and rewarded alternation in female mice
IBRO Reports, 2020 Around 10 million people chew the fresh leaves and twigs of Catha edulis Forsk (khat), which synthesize cathinone, for its psychostimulatory effect. Several studies have reported that regular khat users show executive and cognitive dysfunction, such as ...
Caroline K. Murithi +2 more
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Khat Use Is Associated with Impaired Working Memory and Cognitive Flexibility [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 RATIONALE: Khat consumption has increased during the last decades in Eastern Africa and has become a global phenomenon spreading to ethnic communities in the rest of the world, such as The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
Lorenza S Colzato +2 more
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Chronic Khat Chewing Induced High-Grade Hemorrhoidal Disease and Post-Operative Bleeding in Yemen [PDF]
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk ManagementWaheeb Radman Al-Kubati1,2 1Surgical Department, 21st September University, Sana’a, Yemen; 2Physiology Department, Sana’a University, Sana’a, YemenCorrespondence: Waheeb Radman Al-Kubati, Surgical Department, 21st September University, Physiology ...
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Yemeni Journal for Medical Sciences, 2021 Objective: To assess the changes occurring in both common carotid arteries (CCAs) intima-media thickness (IMT) in Yemeni chronic khat chewers using B-mode ultrasonography.
Ameen M. Amer +2 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2023 Background Khat is an amphetamine-like plant, produced and commonly chewed in Ethiopia by a large group of the population. Although significant multidimensional harms of khat use have been reported, currently, there are no policies or organized ...
Kassahun Habtamu +2 more
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Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Khat-Chewing Dynamics
Journal of Mathematics, 2021 Khat is a green leaf and greenish plant where its branches and leaves are chewed to discharge liquid having active chemicals that change the user’s mood.
Kahsay Godifey Wubneh +2 more
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BMJ Open, 2020 Objective This study aimed to explore how problematic khat use is characterised in the Gurage community in South Central Ethiopia.Design Qualitative study.Setting Gurage community in South Central Ethiopia.Participants We conducted indepth interviews ...
Sam Norton +5 more
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Evaluation of the Effects of Khat Chewing and Cigarette Smoking on Liver and Kidney Functions among Students at Taiz University, Yemen [PDF]
Indian Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2023 Aims and background: Khat chewing and smoking are some of the most popular social activities in Yemen. However, little is known about how these habits affect the liver and kidney, so this study was made to examine the potential effects of these habits on
Salwa Abdul-Ghani Abdul-Rahman Al-Shamiri
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Spatial and temporal variation in crop diversity in agroforestry homegardens of southern Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2001 A key assumption in many homegarden studies is that homegardens are ecologically and socio-economically sustainable due to their species diversity. The precise relation between diversity and sustainability is still heavily debated, however.
Allahabadia, Amit +7 more
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