Substance use, dependence and treatment seeking in the United States and Australia: A cross-national comparison

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-155

  Teesson, Maree ^a   Baillie, Andrew ^b   Lynskey, Michael ^c   Manor, Barry ^a   Degenhardt, Louisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol and drug use; Cross national comparison; Dependence; Epidemiology; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

CANNABIS;

EID: 29244463329     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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