Transitions between routes of benzodiazepine administration among heroin users in Sydney

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 697-705

  Ross, Joanne ^a   Darke, Shane ^a   Hall, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAMORPHINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; OFFENDER; RISK;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BENZODIAZEPINES; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030972816     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02936.x     Document Type: Article

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