Reasons for selecting an initial route of heroin administration and for subsequent transitions during a severe HIV epidemic

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 749-760

  Bravo, María J ^a   Barrio, Gregorio ^b   De La Fuente, Luis ^a,c   Royuela, Luis ^b   Domingo, Laura ^c   Silva, Teresa ^c  

^a Secretaria del Plan Nacional sobre el Sida   (Spain)

^b Ctro Univ de Salud Publica   (Spain)

^c CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Administration route; Heroin; Injecting; Smoking; Sniffing; Transitions

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; SMOKING; SNIFFING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEROIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NARCOTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0037496072     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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