Injection drag use among homeless adults with severe mental illness

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 854-856

  Susser, Ezra ^a   Betne, Prahba ^a   Valencia, Elie ^a   Goldfinger, Stephen M ^b   Lehman, Anthony F ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; BOSTON; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0030610103     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.5.854     Document Type: Article

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