Size estimation of injecting drug users (IDU) using multiplier method in five Districts of India

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Medhi, Gajendra K ^a   Mahanta, Jagadish ^a   Akoijam, Brogen S ^b   Adhikary, Rajatashuvra ^c  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b Regional Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIA; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

HUMANS; INDIA; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84857129560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-7-9     Document Type: Article

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