Younger versus older african americans: Patterns and prevalence of recent illicit drug use

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 126-138

  Whitehead, Nicole Ennis ^a   Trenz, Rebecca C ^b   Keen, Larry ^a   Rose, Jonathan ^a   Latimer, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MERCY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; Black African American; HIV; illicit drug use

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; COCAINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE USE; CANNABIS SMOKING; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84901429427     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2014.883581     Document Type: Article

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