"Unequal opportunity": Neighbourhood disadvantage and the chance to buy illegal drugs

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-237

  Storr, C L ^a   Chen, C Y ^a   Anthony, J C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

DRUG USER;

DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1342301489     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.007575     Document Type: Review

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