A preliminary exploration of immigrant substance abusers from the former soviet union living in israel, germany and the united states: A multi-national perspective

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 119-136

  Isralowitz, Richard ^a   Straussner, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg ^b   Vogt, Irmgard ^c   Chtenguelov, Victor ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRANKFURT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Civil Protection   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Drug and alcohol abuse; Germany; Heroin addicts in Former Soviet Union; Israel; Russian immigrants; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937388878     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J160v02n03_08     Document Type: Article

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