Risk-taking behaviors among injecting drug users who obtain syringes from pharmacies, fixed sites, and mobile van needle exchanges

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-265

  Miller, Cari L ^a   Tyndall, Mark ^a,b   Spittal, Patricia ^a,b   Li, Kathy ^a   Palepu, Anita ^b   Schechter, Martin T ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Females; HIV; Injection Drug Users; Needle Exchange Programs; Pharmacies; Risk Taking; Sex Trade Work

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; ORDINATION ANALYSIS; PHARMACY; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PHARMACIES; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SYRINGES;

EID: 0036273741     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/79.2.257     Document Type: Article

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