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The epidemiology of heroin and other narcotics / editor: Joan Dunne Rittenhouse.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- 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:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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