Estimating problem drug use prevalence at national level: Comparison of three methods

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-120

  Smit, Filip ^a,b   Van Laar, Margriet ^a   Wiessing, Lucas ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Opiate use; Prevalence estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646901100     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630500460352     Document Type: Article

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