Numbers and patterns: Heroin indicators and what they represent

Michael Agar; Heather Schacht Reisinger

doi:10.17730/humo.58.4.w280171lj23t6436

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Numbers and patterns: Heroin indicators and what they represent

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Numbers and patterns: Heroin indicators and what they represent

Michael Agar and Heather Schacht Reisinger

Human organization, Vol.58(4), pp.365-374

12/01/1999

DOI: 10.17730/humo.58.4.w280171lj23t6436

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Abstract

Trends in heroin or other substance use are typically monitored by quantitative epidemiological indicators. Recently the Baltimore metropolitan area has seen an increase in heroin use among suburban youth. In this article media and interviewee perceptions of the timing of this trend are compared to several different indicators. In general, the indicators do not reflect the timing as experienced by media/interviewees, though in some cases a more precise breakdown by location helps.

Children & youth

Drug abuse

Epidemiology

Heroin

Interviews

Perceptions

Space

Substance abuse

Suburban areas

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Title: Subtitle: Numbers and patterns: Heroin indicators and what they represent
Creators: Michael Agar
Heather Schacht Reisinger
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Human organization, Vol.58(4), pp.365-374
Publisher: Society of Applied Anthropology
DOI: 10.17730/humo.58.4.w280171lj23t6436
ISSN: 0018-7259
eISSN: 1938-3525
Language: English
Date published: 12/01/1999
Academic Unit: Internal Medicine; Center for Social Science Innovation
Record Identifier: 9984359865002771

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