Psychosocial and contextual correlates of opioid overdose risk among drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Grau, Lauretta E ^a   Green, Traci C ^a   Torban, Mikhail ^b   Blinnikova, Ksenia ^c   Krupitsky, Evgeny ^b   Ilyuk, Ruslan ^b   Kozlov, Andrei P ^d   Heimer, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bekhterev St Petersburg Psychoneurological Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Biomedical Center   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 68949198224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-6-17     Document Type: Article

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