Pilot study of the relationship between drug misuse and violence among drug addicts in Greater Accra, Ghana: The south of Saharan Africa case

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 813-822

  Affinnih, Yahya H ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accra; Drug use misuse; Ghana; Pilot study; Sub Saharan Africa; Violence and violent behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POLICY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 20444419384     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-200030675     Document Type: Conference Paper

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