The Relationship between Controlled Substances and Violence

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-31

  McGinty, Emma E ^a   Choksy, Seema ^a   Wintemute, Garen J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

street drugs

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE; OPIATE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; SEDATIVE AGENT; STREET DRUG;

DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIREARM; HUMAN; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; DRUG TRAFFIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; DRUG TRAFFICKING; FIREARMS; HUMANS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84960111304     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxv008     Document Type: Review

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