Drug use in rural China: A preliminary investigation in Hunan Province

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 610-613

  Deng, Qijian ^a   Tang, Quansheng ^a,b   Schottenfeld, Richard S ^c   Hao, Wei ^a   Chawarski, Marek C ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Fifth Hospital of Nanning   (China)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Drug abuse; Drug treatments; Heroin; Injection drug use; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856718816     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03648.x     Document Type: Article

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