Drug abuse epidemiology: An overview

Bulletin on Narcotics

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-13

  Sloboda, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinuation; Drug trends and social influences; Drug use patterns; Monitoring surveys; Research methods; Risk and protective factors; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

EID: 1542512274     PISSN: 0007523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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