Tecatas: An ethnotheoretical look at Mexican American female injecting drug users

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2015-2055

  Ramos, Reyes ^a   Aguilar, Irma ^a   Anderson, Magdalena ^a   Caudillo, Virginia ^a  

^a City San A ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Injection drug users; Mexican Americans; Social stratification; Theory

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 0032732263     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089909039437     Document Type: Article

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