Women heroin users: Exploring the limitations of the structural violence approach

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-190

  Beckerleg, Susan ^a   Hundt, Gillian Lewando ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heroin; Kenya; Structural violence; Women

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 20444373711     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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