Comparing characteristics of prescription painkiller misusers and heroin users in the United States

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 106-112

  Rigg, Khary K ^a   Monnat, Shannon M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heroin; Opiates; Prescription painkiller misuse; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983158518     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.07.013     Document Type: Article

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