GUIDE TO THE DRUG RESEARCH LITERATURE

• NCJ Number: 69528
• Author(s): G A AUSTIN; M A MACARI; D J LETTIERI
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 417 pages
• Contract Number(s): 271-75-3071
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: Documentation Associates Information Services Inc
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: RESEARCH ISSUES SERIES NUMBER 27

Annotation

CONTAINING OVER 1,300 INDEXED REFERENCES, THE DRUG RESEARCH GUIDE COVERS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH STUDIES PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH SINCE 1960, AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT THEORETICAL DISCUSSIONS AND LITERARY REVIEWS.

Abstract

IT CAN BE USED BOTH AS A CUMULATIVE INDEX TO THE 27 VOLUMES OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH ISSUES SERIES AND AS A GENERAL GUIDE TO SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WRITINGS IN THE FIELD. THE MAIN TOPICS COVERED IN RELATION TO DRUG USE ARE EMPLOYMENT, SEX, ATTITUDES AND ATTITUDE CHANGE, FAMILY AND PEER INFLUENCES, PREGNANCY, DEATH, ADDICT LIFESTYLES, ADOLESCENT DRUG USE, PERSONALITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES, CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, DRIVING, MINORITY DRUG USE, COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE USE, RESEARCH DESIGNS AND AIDS, AND HISTORY. THE MAIN LISTING CONTAINS THE INDEXED LITERATURE CITATIONS LISTED SEQUENTIALLY BY CONTROL NUMBERS. AUTHOR INDEX, DRUG INDEX, LOCATION INDEX, METHODOLOGY INDEX,SAMPLE INDEX, AND SUBJECT INDEX ARE ALSO PROVIDED. LISTINGS OF INDEX TERMS AND OF THE MAJOR JOURNALS CONTAINING DRUG LITERATURE ARE INCLUDED.