Risk factors for initiation into drug injection among adolescent street youth

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 389-399

  Roy, Élise ^a,b,c   Haley, Nancy ^b,c,d   Leclerc, Pascale ^b   Boudreau, Jean François ^a   Boivin, Jean François ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cohort study; Initiation; Injection drug use; Predictors; Street youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748856193     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630701228947     Document Type: Article

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