Cocaine use and syphilis trends: Findings from the arrestee drug abuse monitoring (ADAM) program and syphilis epidemiology in Houston

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 473-477

  Ross, Michael W ^a   Risser, Jan ^a   Peters Jr , Ronald J ^a   Johnson, Regina J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAMORPHINE; DIAZEPAM; METHADONE; METHAQUALONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PHENOBARBITAL; SECOBARBITAL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRISONER; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CRACK COCAINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRISONERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SYPHILIS; TEXAS;

EID: 33845876343     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550490601000462     Document Type: Article

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