Prevalence of problem drug use and injecting drug use in Luxembourg: A longitudinal and methodological perspective

European Addiction Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 288-296

  Origer, Alain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b Ministry of Health Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Drug dependence surveillance systems; Epidemiology; Methodology; Prevalence estimation; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPTURE RECAPTURE METHOD; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUXEMBOURG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLIER AND BACK CALCULATION METHOD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADDICTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUXEMBOURG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84864404584     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337211     Document Type: Article

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