Factors associated with drug treatment dropout among injection drug users in Puerto Rico

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 397-402

  Marrero, C Amalia ^a   Robles, Rafaela R ^a   Colón, Héctor M ^a   Reyes, Juan C ^a   Matos, Tomás D ^a   Sahai, Hardeo ^a   Calderón, José M ^a   Shepard, Elizabeth W ^a  

^a Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Drug treatment dropout; Drug treatment services; Injecting drug use

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PUERTO RICO; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PUERTO RICO; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 11144273828     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.05.024     Document Type: Article

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