Transitions in the route of heroin use

European Addiction Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-98

  Perez Jimenez J P ^a   Robertb, M Salvador ^a  

^a Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Heroin dependence; HIV; Substance abuse, intravenous

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0030989498     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000259157     Document Type: Article

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