Drug supply indicators: Pitfalls and possibilities for improvements to assist comparative analysis

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2018, Pages 131-136

  Singleton, Nicola ^a   Cunningham, Andrew ^a   Groshkova, Teodora ^a   Royuela, Luis ^a   Sedefov, Roumen ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Drug markets; Drug supply indicators; Monitoring; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG COST; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; OFFENDER; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

COMMERCE; CRIMINALS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 85042672880     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.02.003     Document Type: Article

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