Voluntary risk-taking and heavy-end crack cocaine use: An edgework perspective

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 487-500

  McGovern, Ruth ^a   McGovern, William ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack cocaine; Drug use; Edgework; Risk

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; THEORY;

EID: 79961150823     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2011.596192     Document Type: Article

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