The importance of social networks in their association to drug equipment sharing among injection drug users: A review

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1730-1739

  De, Prithwish ^a   Cox, Joseph ^a,b   Boivin, Jean François ^a,b   Platt, Robert W ^a   Jolly, Ann M ^c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Montreal Public Health Department   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; HIV; Injection drug use; Review; Social network; Syringe sharing

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER; EQUIPMENT; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYRINGE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 35348895554     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01936.x     Document Type: Review

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