Fluctuating drug markets and HIV risk taking: Female drug users and their relationship with drug markets

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 439-455

  Sterk, Claire E ^a   Elifson, Kirk W ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack injection; Drug markets; Heroin; Hiv risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004458141     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2000.9966166     Document Type: Article

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