Gender, heroin consumption and economic behaviour

Health Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 379-389

  Bretteville Jensen, Anne Line ^a,b,c  

^a SIFA   (Norway)

^b SIFA   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Economic behaviour; Gender; Heroin consumption

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; EMPLOYMENT; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NORWAY; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032863293     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199908)8:5<379::AID-HEC458>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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