Substance misuse and related infectious diseases in a soup kitchen population

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 551-583

  Magura, Stephen ^a   Nwakeze, Peter C ^a   Rosenblum, Andrew ^a   Joseph, Herman ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b New York State Office of Alcoholism   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair analysis; Hepatitis B; HIV; Soup kitchen; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN AREA; VIRUS CARRIER;

EID: 0034059531     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826080009147472     Document Type: Article

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