Estimating the use of illegal drugs among homeless people using shelters in Denmark

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 38, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 443-462

  Stax, Tobias Børner ^a  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Rate of drug users among homeless people; Register based research; Sheltering of homeless drug users

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SAMPLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC POLICY; REGISTRIES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0038298994     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120017381     Document Type: Article

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