Drugs in the postsocialist transitions of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland

European Addiction Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 177-183

  Lagerspetz, Mikko ^a   Moskalewicz, Jacek ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Drugs; Policy; Social problems; Transitions

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ESTONIA; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MARKET; POLAND; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS; WESTERN EUROPE; ADDICTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ESTONIA; HUMANS; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; POLAND; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIALISM; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036444714     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066137     Document Type: Article

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