Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area Drug Study (DC*MADS), 1991: Homeless and Transient Population

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Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse

Summary: The DC Metropolitan Area Drug Study (DC*MADS) was conducted in 1991, and included special analyses of homeless and transient populations and of women delivering live births in the DC hospitals. DC*MADS was undertaken to assess the full extent of the drug problem in one metropolitan area. The study was comprised of 16 separate studies that focused on different sub-groups, many of which are typically not included or are underrepresented in household surveys. The Homeless and Transient Population s... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02346.v2

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