A social network perspective on heroin and cocaine use among adults: Evidence of bidirectional influences

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1210-1218

  Bohnert, Amy S B ^a,b,c   Bradshaw, Catherine P ^c   Latkin, Carl A ^c  

^a VA Ann Arbor SMITREC ^*  (United States)

^b VA Ann Arbor National Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cocaine; Heroin; Peers; Social influence; Social networks; Social selection; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PEER GROUP; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SELECTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749156541     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02615.x     Document Type: Article

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