Health care need and utilization: A preliminary comparison of injection drug users, other illicit drug users, and nonusers

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 34, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 727-746

  Chitwood, Dale D ^a   McBride, Duane C ^a,b   French, Michael T ^a   Comerford, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care access; Health care utilization; Illicit drug use

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032892211     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089909037240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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