What does mathematical modeling tell us about harm reduction?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-235

  Caulkins, Jonathan P ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug dependence; Epidemiology; Harm reduction; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030524573     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595239600185961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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