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The Handbook for surveys on drug use among the general population is intended to be a reference toolbox for everyone planning, organising or executing a survey about drug use among the general...

This is the final report for an EMCDDA project carried out with the assistance of the Trimbos Institute, and in collaboration with Eurostat and WHO, to develop and test guidelines for ICD...

This is a draft version of the protocol for the drug-related infectious diseases epidemiological indicator, one of five key indicators used by the EMCDDA to monitor the drug situation in Europe.

Dynamic modelling is a quantitative technique used by scientists when data are scarce to generate estimates, test hypotheses and forecast trends. This publication explores the potential role of dynamic modelling in helping...

This 2001 document is the final report of a field trial conducted on DRD-Standard, version 1.0. The report describes the results of the field trial, which was conducted with the aim of...

This report describes the affect of using different survey modes on the measurement of substance use prevalence figures. Three different modes were included in the design of this study: a telephone, a...

This is the final report for the project 'Feasibility study on the implementation of the proposals given in the final reports of Reitox sub-tasks on improving the quality and comparability of treatment...

This report presents the results and findings of a field trial conducted in 1999 on the treatment demand indicator. This field trial was conducted as part of a project which had the...

Prevalence of problem drug use (PDU) is one of five key indicators used by the EMCDDA to provide more comparable, scientifically based estimates of the prevalence of more severe patterns of drug...

Prevalence of problem drug use (PDU) is one of five key indicators used by the EMCDDA to provide more comparable, scientifically based estimates of the prevalence of more severe patterns of drug...