Cocaine use in inner city African American research volunteers

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-88

  Weston, Benjamin W ^a   Krishnaswami, Shanthi ^a   Gray, Maraty T ^a   Coly, Gerard ^a   Kotchen, Jane Morley ^a   Grim, Clarence E ^a   Kotchen, Theodore A ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Cocaine; Drug testing; Research volunteers; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349237226     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e31817dd851     Document Type: Article

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