Recipient syringe sharing and its relationship to social proximity, perception of risk and preparedness to share

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1943-1948

  Smyth, Bobby P ^a,b   Roche, Aoife ^c  

^a Cherry Orchard Hospital Dublin   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Drug Treatment Centre Board   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Injecting drug use; Perception of risk; Recipient syringe sharing; Social proximity; Unsafe injecting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VOLITION;

EID: 34447099437     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.12.021     Document Type: Article

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