Marginality among older injectors in today's illicit drug culture: Assessing the impact of ageing

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 761-770

  Anderson, Tammy L ^a   Levy, Judith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Identity; Injecting drug use; Marginality

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG ABUSE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0037833589     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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