Markers of ethnicity and their effect on measuring illicit drug use by ethnic groups

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 309-317

  Reid, Gary ^a   Beyer, Lorraine ^a   Aitken, Campbell ^a   Crofts, Nick ^a  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Databases; Ethnicity; Illicit drug use; Methadone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035618875     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230120079620     Document Type: Article

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