Health services usage by Alaskan injection drug users

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 23-34

  Reynolds, Grace L ^a   Wells, Rebecca S ^b   Fisher, Dennis G ^a   Cagle, Henry H ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alaska Native Health Board   (United States)

^c ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISABILITY; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INCOME; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WELFARE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALASKA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 33746857671     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v05n02_02     Document Type: Article

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