Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Frisher, Martin ^a   Heatlie, Heath ^a   Hickman, Matthew ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FACE VALIDITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENGLAND; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 37349026581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-286     Document Type: Article

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