Longitudinal changes in methamphetamine and cocaine use in untreated rural stimulant users: Racial differences and the impact of methamphetamine legislation

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 800-808

  Borders, Tyrone F ^a,f   Booth, Brenda M ^b,c   Han, Xiaotong ^b   Wright, Patricia ^b   Leukefeld, Carl ^d   Falck, Russel S ^e   Carlson, Robert G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c HSR and D Center for Mental Health and Outcomes Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Crack; Methamphetamine; Methamphetamine laws; Rural; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42149113553     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02159.x     Document Type: Article

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