Cocaine use in Europe - A multi-centre study: Methodology and prevalence estimates

European Addiction Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 139-146

  Haasen, Christian ^a,b   Prinzleve, Michael ^a   Zurhold, Heike ^a   Rehm, Juergen ^a   Güttinger, Franziska ^a   Fischer, Gabriele ^a   Jagsch, Reinhold ^a   Olsson, Börje ^a   Ekendahl, Mats ^a   Verster, Annette ^a   Camposeragna, Antonella ^a   Pezous, Anne Marie ^a   Gossop, Michael ^a   Manning, Victoria ^a   Cox, Gemma ^a   Ryder, Niamh ^a   Gerevich, Jozsef ^a   Bácskai, Erika ^a   Casas, Miguel ^a   Matali, Josep Lluis ^a   Krausz, Michael ^a   more..

^a Univ Klin Hamburg Eppendorf ^*

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Crack; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GERMANY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IRELAND; ITALY; JUVENILE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CRACK COCAINE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSTITUTION; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 19944427404     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079834     Document Type: Article

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