Amount of self-reported illicit drug use compared to quantitative hair test results in community-recruited young drug users in Amsterdam

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 987-994

  Welp, Esther A E ^a   Bosman, Ingrid ^b   Langendam, Miranda W ^a   Totté, Maja ^a   Maes, Robert A A ^b   Van Ameijden, Erik J C ^c  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Municipal Health Service   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hair analysis; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; FEMALE; GENDER; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0038391168     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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