Surveillance of problem drug use in the UK: A review of a Regional Drug Misuse Database

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-277

  Hickman, Matthew ^a   Sutcliffe, Heather ^a   Sondhi, Arun ^a   Stimson, Gerry V ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug misuse; Surveillance; UK; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032832406     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/21.3.271     Document Type: Article

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