"I always kept a job": Income generation, heroin use and economic uncertainty in 21st century Detroit

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 841-870

  Draus, Paul J ^a   Roddy, Juliette ^a   Greenwald, Mark ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b Human Pharmacology Laboratory   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952045694     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204261004000405     Document Type: Article

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