Drug Injection among Street Youths in Montreal: Predictors of Initiation

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 92-105

  Roy, Élise ^a,b   Haley, Nancy ^a,b,c   Leclerc, Pascale ^a   Cédras, Lyne ^a   Blais, Lucie ^c   Boivin, Jean François ^a,b  

^a Montreal Public Health Department   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Initiation; Injection drug use; Predictors; Street youth

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TATTOO; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0038581904     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jtg092     Document Type: Article

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