Transitions in drug use in a new generation of problem drug users in amsterdam: A 6-Year Follow-Up Study

European Addiction Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 179-187

  Buster, Marcel C A ^a   Witteveen, Ewald ^a   Prins, Maria ^a   Van Ameijden, Erik J C ^c   Schippers, Gerard ^b   Krol, Anneke ^a  

^a Health Service of Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Municipal Health Service Utrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Crack cocaine; Heroin; Intravenous; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; NETHERLANDS; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NETHERLANDS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 67650694930     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000228928     Document Type: Article

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