Optimal timing of use reduction vs. harm reduction in a drug epidemic model

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 480-487

  Caulkins, Jonathan P ^a,b   Tragler, Gernot ^c   Wallner, Dagmar ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drug policy; Epidemics; Harm reduction; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIC; HARM REDUCTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG USERS; FEAR; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349410399     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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