Factors for employment: A case-control study of fully employed and unemployed heroin users

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1035-1054

  Koo, Dixie J ^a   Chitwood, Dale D ^b   Sánchez, Jesás ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Heroin use; Human capital; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG MISUSE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 34547613141     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701409404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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