Factors associated with geographic migration among a cohort of injection drug users

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 536-543

  Rachlis, Beth S ^a,b   Hogg, Robert S ^a,c   Wood, Evan ^a,b   Li, Kathy ^a   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Injection drug users; Migration; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USER; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MIGRATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SMOKING;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 41149133425     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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