Safe using messages may not be enough to promote behaviour change amongst injecting drug users who are ambivalent or indifferent towards death

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Miller, Peter G ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 68949216510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-6-18     Document Type: Article

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