Income generating activities of people who inject drugs

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-56

  DeBeck, Kora ^a   Shannon, Kate ^a   Wood, Evan ^a   Li, Kathy ^a   Montaner, Julio ^a   Kerr, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug dealing; IDU; Income generation; Sex trade work

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG TRAFFIC; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION;

ADULT; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 34548536633     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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