An exploration of gender differences in the initiation of and attitudes toward crack cocaine use in the English-speaking Caribbean

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-297

  Day, Marcus ^a   Norman, Lisa R ^b  

^a Caribbean Drug Abuse Research Institute   (Saint Lucia)

^b PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Crack cocaine use; Drug prevention; Gender; Harm reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250212570     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350701352656     Document Type: Article

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