Challenges in understanding disparities in drug use and its consequences

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages

  Galea, Sandro ^a   Rudenstine, Sasha ^b  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Drug abuse; Drug use; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26644450068     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jti059     Document Type: Article

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