Level of education and injecting drug use among African Americans

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 177-182

  Silas Obot, Isidore ^a   Hubbard, Scott ^a   Anthony, James C ^a  

^a Johns H   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Epidemiology; IDU; Injecting drug use; IVDU; Level of education; School dropout

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENT DROPOUTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0032902728     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00168-9     Document Type: Article

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