An economic analysis of income and expenditures by heroin-using research volunteers

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1503-1518

  Roddy, Juliette ^a,b   Greenwald, Mark ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Detroit; Heroin; Injection; Opiates

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350113515     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826080802487309     Document Type: Article

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