Soft tissue infections among injection drug users - San Francisco, California, 1996-2000

JAMA

Volumn 285, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 2707-2709

  Ciccarone, Daniel H ^a   Bamberger, Joshua ^b   Kral, A H ^c   Edlin, Brian R ^c   Hobart, C J ^c   Moon, A ^d   Murphy, E L ^a   Bourgois, Philippe ^c   Harris, Hobart W ^a   Young, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULITIS; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN ABSCESS; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0035816028     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.21.2707     Document Type: Short Survey

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