Should anyone be riding to glory on the now-descending limb of the crack-cocaine epidemic curve in the United States?

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 225-228

  Parker, Maria A ^a   Anthony, James C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Crack cocaine; Epidemic; Epidemiology; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897491332     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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