Laying the foundations of an evidence base on drug use amongst black and minority ethnic communities: The research methods used for an EMCDDA project

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-46

  Patel, Kamlesh ^a   Bashford, Jon ^a   Underwood, Susan ^a   Khurana, Jagjit ^a   Winters, Moira ^a   Carpentier, Chloé ^b   Fountain, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Black; Drug use; Ethnicity; Knowledge base; Minorities; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG RESEARCH; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMMIGRATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS MEDIUM; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORKER; TEACHER;

EID: 4744368814     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v03n01_03     Document Type: Article

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