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The epidemiology of heroin and other narcotics / editor: Joan Dunne Rittenhouse.

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Format:
Book
Government document
Contributor:
Rittenhouse, Joan Dunne, editor.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. Division of Research, issuing body.
Stanford Research Institute
Series:
National Institute on Drug Abuse research monograph series ; 16.
DHEW publication ; no. (ADM) 78-559.
NIDA research monograph ; 16
DHEW publication ; no. (ADM) 78-559
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Heroin abuse--United States.
Heroin abuse.
Drug addiction--United States.
Drug addiction.
Heroin--Physiological effect--United States.
Heroin.
Medication abuse--United States--Congresses.
Medication abuse.
Heroin abuse--United States--Congresses.
Substance-Related Disorders--epidemiology.
Heroin Dependence--epidemiology.
United States.
Heroin--Physiological effect.
Medical Subjects:
Substance-Related Disorders--epidemiology.
Heroin Dependence--epidemiology.
United States.
Genre:
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vii, 249 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Rockville, Maryland : Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Division of Research, 1977.
Contents:
Estimating addiction rates and locating target populations : how decomposition into stages helps
Notes on the spectrum of opiate use
The race, class, and irreversibility hypotheses: Myths and research about heroin
Prevalence of active heroin use in the United States
Estimating the incidence and prevalence of addiction: why?
Psychosocial and biomedical aspects of deaths associated with heroin and other narcotics
Narcotics users, narcotics prices, and criminal activity : an economic analysis
Heroin epidemiology and the demand for heroin
Some comments on consequences of chronic opiate use.
Notes:
"November 1977."
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (NIDA, viewed March 11, 2019).
Other Format:
Print version: National Institute on Drug Abuse. Task Force on the Epidemiology of Heroin and Other Narcotics. Epidemiology of heroin and other narcotics.
OCLC:
557884992
Access Restriction:
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