Factors associated with recent-onset injection drug use among drug users in Pakistan

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 853-870

  Kuo, Irene ^a,c   Ul Hasan, Salman ^b   Zafar, Tariq ^b   Galai, Noya ^c   Sherman, Susan G ^c   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nai Zindagi   (Pakistan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

"Chasing the dragon"; Drop in centers; Drug cost; Drug supply; Group drug use; Harm reduction; Heroin; Injection drug use; Injection initiation; Pakistan; Snorting; Trafficking routes; Transit route

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUPRENORPHINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 34447132944     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701202197     Document Type: Article

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