Title: Geography and drug addiction /
Authors: Thomas, Yonette F.; Richardson, Douglas, 1950-; Cheung, Ivan; Association of American Geographers; National Institute on Drug Abuse
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Human geography; Sociology; Social sciences; Epidemiology; Geography; Topography, Medical methods; Substance-Related Disorders epidemiology; Social Environment; Models, Theoretical; Behavior, Addictive; Substance-Related Disorders etiology; Drug addiction Etiology Congresses.; Drug addiction Social aspects Congresses.; Drug addiction Environmental aspects Congresses.; Drug addiction Mathematical models Congresses.; Applied human geography Congresses.; Medical geography Congresses
Contents: Placing substance abuse / Sara McLafferty -- Integrating geography and social epidemiology in drug abuse research / Yonette Thomas, Douglas Richardson and Ivan Cheung -- Integrating GIS into the study of contextual factors affecting injection drug use along the Mexico/US border / Kimberly C. Brouwer [and others] -- The spatial context of adolescent alcohol use / Karen A. Snedker, Jerald R. Herting -- Migration patterns and substance use among young homeless travelers / Stephen E. Lankenau [and others] -- Residential mobility and drug use among parolees in San Diego, California and implications for policy / Meagan Cahill and Nancy LaVigne -- Social disorganization, alcohol, and drug markets and violence / Aniruddha Banerjee [and others] -- Integrated assessment of addiction epidemiology in Hong Kong, 1996-2005 / Shui Shan Lee and Phoebe TT Pang --^