Measuring the health of Scottish drug users

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 202-211

  Neale, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug treatment; Drug use; Health; SF 36; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRISON; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRISONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042758868     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2004.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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