Some characteristics of early-onset injection drug users prior to and at the time of their first injection

Addiction

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 548-555

  Abelson, Jeanne ^a   Treloar, Carla ^a   Crawford, June ^a   Kippax, Susan ^a   Van Beek, Ingrid ^b   Howard, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Kirketon Road Centre ^*  (Australia)

^c Ted Noffs Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early onset injection drug use; Family injection drug use; Pre injection drug career; Risky injection behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INCOME; INDEPENDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INJECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; ONSET AGE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYRINGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 33644872175     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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