Changes in women's use of illicit drugs following imprisonment

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-222

  Plugge, Emma ^a   Yudkin, Patricia ^a   Douglas, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Changes in drug use; Policy; Prospective cohort study; Substance use; Women prisoners

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRISON; PRISONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DRUG USERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349112775     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02419.x     Document Type: Article

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