A regression analysis estimating the number of drug-using arrestees in 185 US cities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 487-490

  Hser, Yih Ing ^a,b   Prendergast, Michael ^a   Anglin, M Douglas ^a   Chen, Jane K ^a   Hsieh, Shih Chao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; OFFENDER; PRISONER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031978572     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.3.487     Document Type: Article

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