Some costs and challenges of conducting follow-up studies of substance use in remote Aboriginal communities: An example from the Northern Territory

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 455-458

  Clough, Alan R ^a,b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cannabis; Indigenous; Study cost; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33750140738     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230600883339     Document Type: Article

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