Syringe-mediated drug sharing among injecting drug users: Patterns, social context and implications for transmission of blood-borne pathogens

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 691-703

  Grund, Jean Paul C ^a,b   Friedman, Samuel R ^c   Stern, L Synn ^d   Jose, Benny ^c   Neaigus, Alan ^c   Curtis, Richard ^c   Des Jarlais, Don C ^e  

^a Lindesmith Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d E Connecticut Hlth Outreach Proj   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood borne pathogens; Drug sharing; Epidemiology; Ethnography; HIV risk factors; Injecting drug use; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030059380     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00193-X     Document Type: Article

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