New estimates of the number of children living with substance misusing parents: results from UK national household surveys

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The existing estimates of there being 250,000 - 350,000 children of problem drug users in the UK (ACMD, 2003) and 780,000 - 1.3 million children of adults with an alcohol problem (AHRSE, 2004) are extrapolations of treatment data alo...

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Main Authors: Faulkner Nathan, Best David W, Manning Victoria, Titherington Emily
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/377