The transition from injection to non-injection drug use: Long-term outcomes among heroin and cocaine users in New York City

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 778-785

  Des Jarlais, Don C ^a   Arasteh, Kamyar ^a   Perlis, Theresa ^a   Hagan, Holly ^a   Heckathorn, Douglas D ^a   Mcknight, Courtney ^a   Bramson, Heidi ^a   Friedman, Samuel R ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Heroin; HIV; Injecting drug use; Non injecting drug use; Respondent driven sampling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAMPLING; SELF CONCEPT; STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 34247382442     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01764.x     Document Type: Article

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