HIV needle risk behaviors and drug use: A comparison of crack-smoking and nonsmoking injection drug users in Ohio

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-297

  Carlson, Robert G ^a   Falck, Russel S ^a   Wang, Jichuan ^a   Siegal, Harvey A ^a   Rahman, Ahmmed ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032713111     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.1999.10471759     Document Type: Article

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