The first hit: Circumstances surrounding initiation into injecting

Addiction

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1187-1196

  Crofts, Nick ^a,c   Louie, Robyn ^a,c   Rosenthal, Doreen ^b,d   Jolley, Damien ^a,c  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Ctr Stud Sexually Transmissible D   (Australia)

^c Epidemiology and Social Research   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCHOOL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL FACILITATION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0029760676     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1996.918118710.x     Document Type: Article

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