Risk factors associated with the transition with transition to heroin injection: A street addict role perspective

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 896-910

  Sánchez, Jesús ^a   Chitwood, Dale D ^b   Koo, Dixie J ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heroin sniffers; HIV AIDS; Initiation to injection; Injecting drug use; Transition to injection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33748181199     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9059-0     Document Type: Review

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