Does multisite sampling improve patient heterogeneity in drug misuse research?

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-85

  Dunn, John ^a   Ferri, Cleusa Pinheiro ^b   Laranjeira, Ronaldo ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cocaine; Epidemiological methods; Sampling; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING;

ADULT; BRAZIL; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0035372392     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(00)00192-7     Document Type: Article

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