Differences in characteristics of heroin inhalers and heroin injectors at admission to treatment: A preliminary study using a large database of client records

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 993-1012

  Maxwell, Jane Carlisle ^a   Bohman, Thomas M ^a   Spence, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Heroin; Heroin inhalation; Heroin injection; Heroin snorting

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEROIN; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TEXAS;

EID: 2942525645     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120030896     Document Type: Article

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