Prevalence and correlates of crack-cocaine injection among young injection drug users in the United States, 1997-1999

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-233

  Santibanez, Scott S ^a   Garfein, Richard S ^a   Swartzendruber, Andrea ^a   Kerndt, Peter R ^b   Morse, Edward ^c   Ompad, Danielle ^d   Strathdee, Steffanie ^e   Williams, Ian T ^f   Friedman, Samuel R ^g   Ouellet, Lawrence J ^h  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^g NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drugs; Epidemiology; Hepatitis; HIV AIDS; Substance abuse; Urban health

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG SOLUTION; DRUG USE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJECTION; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 20044374000     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.08.020     Document Type: Article

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