Counting the uncatchable? An epidemiological method for counting drug misusers

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-23

  Cox, S ^a   Shipley, M ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Epidemiol and Pub Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031016150     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00800663     Document Type: Article

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