Health and social services accessed by a cohort of Canadian illicit opioid users outside of treatment

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 166-170

  Noël, Lina ^a   Fischer, Benedikt ^b   Tyndall, Mark W ^c   Bradet, Richard ^d   Rehm, Jürgen ^a   Brissette, Suzanne ^a   Brochu, Serge ^f   Bruneau, Julie ^e   El Guebaly, Nady ^g   Wild, T Cameron ^h  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Drug addiction; HCV; Health services; Heroin use; HIV; Illicit opioid use; Social services; Treatment

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE TEST; CITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NEEDLE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREDICTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 33745874380     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405577     Document Type: Article

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