Heroin mismatch in the Motor city: Addiction, segregation, and the geography of opportunity

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-173

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

economic; ethnography; geography; heroin; mobility

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MARKETING; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMERCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862329818     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2012.675246     Document Type: Article

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