Recent population trends in amphetamine use in New Zealand: Comparisons of findings from national household drug surveying in 1998, 2001, and 2003

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1244, 2006, Pages

  Wilkins, Chris ^a   Sweetsur, Paul ^a   Casswell, Sally ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG COST; ENERGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33750488412     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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