Estimating the number of regular and dependent methamphetamine users in australia, 2002-2014

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1.e1-1.e6

  Degenhardt, Louisa ^a   Larney, Sarah ^a   Chan, Gary ^b   Dobbins, Timothy ^a   Weier, Megan ^b   Roxburgh, Amanda ^a   Hall, Wayne D ^b,c   McKetin, Rebecca ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADULT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; METHAMPHETAMINE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84960113331     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja15.00671     Document Type: Article

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