Exploring the nature of the relationship between poverty and substance abuse: Knowns and unknowns

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-82

  Smyth, Nancy J ^a   Kost, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Poverty; Substance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937262729     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v01n01_05     Document Type: Article

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