Public injecting among a cohort of injecting drug users in Vancouver, Canada

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-86

  DeBeck, K ^a   Small, W ^a   Wood, E ^a,b   Li, K ^a   Montaner, J ^a,b   Kerr, T ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG USER; EQUATION; HEALTH RISK; HOMELESSNESS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN HEALTH;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 58249105150     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.069013     Document Type: Article

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