Follow-up study of crack cocaine users: Situation of the patients after 2, 5, and 12 years

Substance Abuse

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 71-79

  Dias, Andrea Costa ^a,c   Ribeiro, Marcelo ^a   Dunn, John ^b   Sesso, Ricardo ^a   Laranjeira, Ronaldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIADUNIFESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crack cocaine; Follow up; Mortality; Treated patients

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ABSTINENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149331931     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897070802218125     Document Type: Article

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