Race and sex differences in the measurement of risk for drug use

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-347

  Gottfredson, Denise C ^a   Koper, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; Measurement of risk factors; Race differences; Risk factors; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944443658     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02221095     Document Type: Article

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