The social epidemiology of substance use

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue , 2004, Pages 36-52

  Galea, Sandro ^a,b   Nandi, Arijit ^a   Vlahov, David ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 3042850576     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxh007     Document Type: Review

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