Current physical health problems and their predictors among a community sample of crack-cocaine smokers in ohio

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 471-478

  Falck, Russel S ^a,b   Wang, Jichuan ^a,b   Siegal, Harvey A ^a,b   Carlson, Robert G ^a,b  

^a Department of Community Health ^*  (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack cocaine; Epidemiology; Health problems; Health status; National health interview survey; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346726166     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2003.10400494     Document Type: Article

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