Barriers and pathways to diffusion of methamphetamine use among African Americans in the Rural South: Preliminary ethnographic findings

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-103

  Sexton, Rocky L ^a   Carlson, Robert G ^a   Siegal, Harvey A ^d   Falck, Russel S ^a   Leukefeld, Carl ^b   Booth, Brenda ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

African Americans; Diffusion; Ethnography; Methamphetamine; Rural drug use; Southern U.S.

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24944521714     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v04n01_06     Document Type: Article

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