Social determinants predict needle-sharing behaviour among injection drug users in Vancouver, Canada

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1339-1347

  Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a,b,e   Patrick, David M ^b,c   Archibald, Christopher P ^d   Ofner, Marianna ^d   Cornelisse, Peter G A ^a   Rekart, Michael ^b,c   Schechter, Martin T ^a,b   O'Shaughnessy, Michael V ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^d LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^e Brit Columbia Ctr Excell HIV/AIDS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0030785508     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02852.x     Document Type: Article

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