Is crack cocaine use associated with greater violence than powdered cocaine use results from a national sample

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 181-186

  Vaughn, Michael G ^a   Fu, Qiang ^b   Perron, Brian E ^c,d   Bohnert, Amy S B ^d   Howard, Matthew O ^e  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cocaine; Crack cocaine; Violence

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; POWDER; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRACK COCAINE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953828282     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2010.491877     Document Type: Article

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