First-time hospital admissions with illicit drug problems in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Western Australians: An application of record linkage to public health surveillance

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 460-463

  Patterson, Katharine M ^b   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a   English, Dallas R ^b   Hulse, Gary K ^b   Unwin, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032885256     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01298.x     Document Type: Article

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