Access to and use of health care: Perceptions and experiences among people who use heroin and cocaine

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-165

  Weiss, Linda ^a   McCoy, Kate ^b   Kluger, Michael ^a   Finkelstein, Ruth ^a  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Care Access Drug Use; Utilization

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MORBIDITY; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 2342660693     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1606635031000155099     Document Type: Review

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