Crack-heroin speedball injection and its implications for vein care: Qualitative study

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1782-1790

  Rhodes, Tim ^a   Briggs, Daniel ^a   Kimber, Jo ^a   Jones, Steve ^a   Holloway, Greg ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack; Femoral vein; Groin; Harm reduction; Heroin; Injecting drug use; Speedball

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VEIN INJURY;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GROIN; HARM REDUCTION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VEINS;

EID: 35348864322     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01969.x     Document Type: Article

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