Putting drug use in context: Life-lines of African American women who smoke crack

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-249

  Boyd, Carol J ^a   Hill, Elizabeth ^a   Holmes, Carolyn ^a   Purnell, Rogaire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack cocaine; Women's drug use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCEST; INCIDENCE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRACK COCAINE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCEST; MIDDLE AGED; RAPE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031815027     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(97)00195-5     Document Type: Article

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