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Substance use disorders in refugee and migrant groups in Sweden: A nationwide cohort study of 1.2 million people.

Samantha M HarrisJennifer DykxhoornAnna-Clara HollanderChristina DalmanJames Bowes Kirkbride
Published in: PLoS medicine (2019)
Our findings suggest that lower rates of substance use disorders in migrants and refugees may reflect prevalent behaviors with respect to substance use in migrants' countries of origin, although this effect appeared to diminish over time in Sweden, with rates converging towards the substantial burden of substance use morbidity we observed in the Swedish-born population.
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