Epidemiologic differences in drug dependence - A US-UK cross-national comparison

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 165-172

  Furr Holden, Carolyn D M ^a,b   Anthony, James C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; Epidemiology; GEE; Urban rural differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ADDICTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038506249     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-003-0614-7     Document Type: Article

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