Epidemiology of coca derivatives use in the Andean Region: A tale of five countries

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1227-1240

  Montoya, Ivan D ^a   Chilcoat, Howard D ^b  

^a Center for Mental Health   (Colombia)

^b Henry Ford Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Coca; Cocaine; Drug use; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0029791076     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089609063975     Document Type: Article

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