The economic costs of heroin addiction in the United States

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 195-206

  Mark, Tami L ^a   Woody, George E ^a   Juday, Tim ^a   Kleber, Herbert D ^a  

^a MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Economics; Heroin; Injecting drug use; Methadone; Opiates; Policy

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; CRIME; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0035200104     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(00)00162-9     Document Type: Article

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