Crack cocaine injection in the heartland: An ethnographic perspective

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 305-323

  Carlson, Robert C ^a   Falck, Russel S ^a   Siegal, Harvey A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack cocaine injection; Ethnography; Midwest United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000435711     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2000.9966160     Document Type: Review

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