Reliability of drug users' self-report of economic variables

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-238

  Johnson, Mark E ^a   Fisher, Dennis G ^a   Reynolds, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug users; Economic; Income; Questionnaire; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346312290     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359909004385     Document Type: Article

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