The harm inside: Injection during incarceration among male injection drug users in Tijuana, Mexico

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 52-58

  Pollini, Robin A ^a   Alvelais, Jorge ^b   Gallardo, Manuel ^b   Vera, Alicia ^a   Lozada, Remedios ^b   Magis Rodriquez, Carlos ^c   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pro COMUSIDA   (Mexico)

^c SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Deportation; IDU; Incarceration; Mexico; Needle sharing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION DRUG USER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RESPONDENT DRIVEN SAMPLING; RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYRINGE; TECHNIQUE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICO; NEEDLE SHARING; PRISONERS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; REWARD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYPHILIS; SYRINGES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349172126     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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