Drug dependence among young recently initiated injection drug users

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1089-1102

  Arria, Amelia M ^a   Fuller, Crystal ^b   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^c   Latkin, Carl ^c   Vlahov, David ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b New York Academy of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036766787     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260203200405     Document Type: Article

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