Progression to regular heroin use: Examination of patterns, predictors, and consequences

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 287-293

  Woodcock, Eric A ^a,b   Lundahl, Leslie H ^a,b   Stoltman, Jonathan J K ^a   Greenwald, Mark K ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gateway hypothesis; Heroin use disorder; Opioid; Substance use progression

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEROIN USE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE USE; URINALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; CANNABIS SMOKING; CAUCASIAN; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924251402     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.02.014     Document Type: Article

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