Tomorrow is already here, or is it? Steps in preventing a local methamphetamine outbreak

Human Organization

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-217

  Singer, Merrill ^a   Mirhej, Greg ^b   Santelices, Claudia ^b   Hastings, Erica ^b   Navarro, Juhem ^b   Vivian, Jim ^b  

^a HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL   (United States)

^b Center for Community Health Research

Author keywords

Applied anthropology; Drug epidemic; Drug monitoring; Primary prevention; Public health

Indexed keywords

DRUGS TRADE; EPIDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CONNECTICUT; HARTFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745484488     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: 00187259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.65.2.ek4969watdt7l0wa     Document Type: Article

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