Methods for population size estimation of problem drug users using a single registration

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 614-618

  Van der Heijden, Peter G M ^a   Cruts, Guus ^b   Cruyff, Maarten ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estimation; Problem drug users; Single registration capture recapture

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COVARIANCE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE ADDICTION; POISSON REGRESSION MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THE ONE SOURCE CAPTURE RECAPTURE ANALYSIS; ZELTERMAN REGRESSION MODEL; DRUG USE; HOSPITAL; NETHERLANDS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84890432183     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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