The social context of homeless men's substance use

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 118, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 320-325

  Rhoades, Harmony ^a   Wenzel, Suzanne L ^a,b   Golinelli, Daniela ^b   Tucker, Joan S ^b   Kennedy, David P ^b   Green, Harold D ^b   Zhou, Annie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Drug use; Homeless men; Mental health; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 80053575066     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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