Hardcore drug users claim to be occasional users: Drug use frequency underreporting

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 193-202

  Morral, Andrew R ^a   McCaffrey, Daniel ^a   Iguchi, Martin Y ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use frequency underreporting; Hardcore drug use; Methadone maintenance clients; Monte Carlo models; Occasional drug use; Self report

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; OPIATE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SELF REPORT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHILADELPHIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0033990832     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(99)00048-4     Document Type: Article

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