Estimating prevalence of injecting drug use: A comparison of multiplier and capture - Recapture methods in cities in England and Russia

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-140

  Hickman, Matthew ^a,e   Hope, Vivian ^a   Platt, Lucy ^a   Higgins, Vanessa ^b,c   Bellis, Mark ^b,c   Rhodes, Tim ^a   Taylor, Colin ^d   Tilling, Kate ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Indirect method; Injecting drug use; Multiplier prevalence

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CRIME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CRIME; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NARCOTICS; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; OVERDOSE; PREVALENCE; RUSSIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33646451200     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230500537274     Document Type: Article

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