Migrant injecting users: Characteristics of Italian drug users living in Amsterdam

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-139

  Davoli, Marina ^a,c   Fennema, Han ^b   Perucci, Carlo A ^a   Montiroli, Paola M ^a   Van Den Hoek, Anneke ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^c Osservatorio Epidemiologico Reglone Lazio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amsterdam; drug injecting; HIV risk behavior; Italy; migration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030009254     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089609045803     Document Type: Article

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