Transition to injection drug use among street youth-A qualitative analysis

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 19-29

  Roy, Élise ^a,b,c   Nonn, Éva ^a   Haley, Nancy ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Qualitative; Street youth; Transition to injection drug use

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 39149111965     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.09.021     Document Type: Article

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