Theorising equipment-sharing in a cohort of Scottish drug users

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 599-607

  Bloor, Micheal ^a   Robertson, Michelle ^a   McKeganey, Neil ^a   Neale, Joanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequency of injecting; Injecting drug use; Needle sharing; Situated rationality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRISON; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYRINGE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 57149102301     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570802533697     Document Type: Article

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