Crack use in North American cities: The neglected 'epidemic'

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1340-1341

  Fischer, Benedikt ^a,b   Coghlan, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; OPIATE;

COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NORTH AMERICA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF MEDICATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NORTH AMERICA; RISK FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34547850957     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01963.x     Document Type: Editorial

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