When in a drug epidemic should the policy objective switch from use reduction to harm reduction?

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2009.03.015zbMath1177.90264OpenAlexW2110921297MaRDI QIDQ1044171

Dagmar Wallner, Gernot Tragler, Gustav Feichtinger, Jonathan P. Caulkins

Publication date: 10 December 2009

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2009.03.015

zbMATH Keywords

controlepidemicshealthOR in societal problem analysisdrug policy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90) Medical applications (general) (92C50)

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