Patterns of drug treatment entry by Latino male injection drug users from different national/geographical backgrounds

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-101

  Reynoso Vallejo, Humberto ^a   Chassler, Deborah ^a   Witas, Julie ^a   Lundgren, Lena M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug treatment utilization; Drug use; Latinos; Massachusetts

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG USER; HEALTH SERVICES; LATINO PEOPLE; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGISTER; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HEROIN; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349033435     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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