Attempted suicide among injecting and noninjecting cocaine users in Sydney, Australia

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 505-515

  Darke, Shane ^a   Kaye, Sharlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cocaine; IDU; Polydrug; Risk; Suicide

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RISK FACTOR; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 4344630801     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jth134     Document Type: Article

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