"Bottoming out?" Among rural African American women who use cocaine

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-449

  Brown, Emma J ^a   Trujillo, Teresa Henehan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNOLOGY; ETHOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141633820     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2003.tb00581.x     Document Type: Article

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