Circumstances surrounding the first injection experience and their association with future syringe sharing behaviors in young urban injection drug users

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-309

  Novelli, Laura A ^a   Sherman, Susan G ^a   Havens, Jennifer R ^b   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^c   Sapun, Marcella ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

First injection episode; Injection drug users; Syringe sharing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 14144253666     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.08.021     Document Type: Article

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