Drug abuse, risks of infectious diseases and service utilization among Former Soviet Union immigrants: A view from New York City

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-96

  Isralowitz, Richard E ^a   Straussner, Shulamith L A ^b   Rosenblum, Andrew ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Former Soviet Union; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; USSR;

ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; USSR;

EID: 33746806820     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v05n01_06     Document Type: Article

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