Supply-side response to declining heroin purity: Fentanyl overdose episode in New Jersey

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 688-705

  Hempstead, Katherine ^a   Yildirim, Emel O ^b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

illegal drugs; substance abuse; supply side

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; FENTANYL; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PURITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG TRAFFIC; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TRAFFICKING; FENTANYL; HEROIN; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY;

EID: 84899951694     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2937     Document Type: Article

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