Drug use in the social networks of heroin and cocaine users before and after drug cessation

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 286-289

  Buchanan, Amy S ^a   Latkin, Carl A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Negative binomial regression modeling; Social control theory; Social networks; Sociology

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; BALTIMORE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 46549087775     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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