The rise in treatment admissions for methamphetamine use in los angeles county from 2001 through 2005

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 39, Issue , 2007, Pages 383-392

  Crèvecoeur, Desirée ^a   Rutkowski, Beth ^b   Rawson, Richard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use trends; Methamphetamine; Urban demographics

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REHABILITATION CENTER; RESIDENTIAL CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CRIMINAL LAW; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHAMPHETAMINE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38349031388     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2007.10399899     Document Type: Article

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