How constant is an individual's route of heroin administration? Data from treatment and non-treatment samples

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 115-118

  Strang, John ^a   Griffiths, Paul ^a   Powis, Beverley ^a   Abbey, Jenny ^a   Gossop, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chasing the dragon; Heroin; Injecting; Route; Snorting; Transition

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0030796751     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(97)00035-5     Document Type: Article

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