Estimates of potential bias in telephone substance abuse surveys due to exclusion of households without telephones

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1139-1154

  McAuliffe, William E ^a,b   LaBrie, Richard ^a   Woodworth, Ryan ^c   Zhang, Caroline ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b National Technical Center for Substance Abuse Needs Assessment   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TELEPHONE; TIME;

EID: 0036767058     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260203200409     Document Type: Article

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