Transitions between routes of heroin administration: A study of Caucasian and Indochinese heroin users in south-western Sydney, Australia

Addiction

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-82

  Swift, Wendy ^a   Maher, Lisa ^a   Sunjic, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDONESIA; INTERVIEW; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032897533     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1999.941714.x     Document Type: Article

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