Social context of needle selling in Baltimore, Maryland

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 41, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 901-913

  Latkin, Carl ^a   Davey, Melissa ^a,b   Hua, Wei ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug economy; Harm reduction, HIV AIDS; Injection drug use; Needle sellers; Risky drug behaviors; Secondary exchangers; Social network; Syringe exchange

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJECTION DRUG USER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEEDLE; NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY EXCHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BALTIMORE; COMMERCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; NEEDLES; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 33745714318     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080600668720     Document Type: Article

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