Testing the validity of national drug surveys

Comparison between a general population cohort and household surveys
Author(s)
Charles, H.; Heron, J.; Hickman, M.; Brown, J.; Hines, L.
Year

There are concerns that national population-based estimates of illicit drug use are underestimated. We investigated this by comparing estimates of illicit substance use at age 24 from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) with a birth cohort (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, ALSPAC) and by comparing the Smoking and Alcohol Toolkit Studies (STS/ATS) to ALSPAC.

Pages
2076-2083
Published in
Addiction
116 (8)
Library number
20230098 ST [electronic version only]
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