Drug consumption rooms in Rotterdam: An explorative description

European Addiction Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-100

  Van Der Poel, Agnes ^a   Barendregt, Cas ^a   Van De Mheen, Dike ^a  

^a Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drug consumption rooms; Drug use; Health situation; Public nuisance; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC FACILITIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037227470     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068807     Document Type: Article

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