Personal characteristics associated with injecting drug use among Latinas in the United States of America

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 341-345

  Delva, Jorge ^b   Furr, Carolyn D M ^b   Anthony, James C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032446642     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49891998001100007     Document Type: Article

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