Double whammy: Accessing, recruiting and retaining the hidden of the hidden

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-51

  Brown, Emma J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Drug use; Recruitment; Retention; Rural

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEGRO; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0043192514     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v02n01_04     Document Type: Article

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