Illicit drug use and its health consequences in Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine: Impact of transition

European Addiction Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 184-189

  Poznyak, Vladimir B ^a   Pelipas, Vadim E ^b   Vievski, Anatoliy N ^c   Miroshnichenko, L ^b  

^a Training and Research Center   (Belarus)

^b Research Institute of Addictions   (Russian Federation)

^c Sociotherapy Drug Treatment Center   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Belarus; Drug use; Drug related problems; Illicit drugs; Russian Federation; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; BELARUS; DEVELOPMENT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG TRAFFIC; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; SOCIOLOGY; UKRAINE; ADDICTION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH STATUS; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BYELARUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; RUSSIA; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UKRAINE;

EID: 0036444348     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066138     Document Type: Article

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