Cocaine use among heroin users in Spain: The diffusion of crack and cocaine smoking

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 172-180

  Barrio, Gregorio ^a   De La Fuente, Luis ^a   Royuela, Luis ^a   Díaz, Aurelio ^b   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^c  

^a Delegacion Gobierno Plan Nac Drogas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPAIN;

EID: 0031884907     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.3.172     Document Type: Article

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