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The Epidemiology of Drug Abuse: Current Issues



NIDA Research Monograph, Number 10 [Printed in 1977]


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FOREWORD-----iii

PREFACE-----v

CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS-----vi

INTRODUCTIONS-----1

ISSUES UNDEPLYING INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE-----9

PROBLEMS IN DATA ACQUISITION-----33

GENERAL DISCUSSION-----150

PROBLEMS RELATED TO APPLYING AND EXTRAPOLATING DATA-----153

CURRENT ESTIMATES, RANGES, AND TRENDS-----225

CURRENT EPIDEMIOLOGY PROGRAM AND RECOMMENDATIONS-----237

CONCLUSION-----257
Louise Richards

LIST OF MONOGRAPHS-----258



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