Killing time with enjoyment: A qualitative study of initiation into injecting drug use in North-East India

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1070-1089

  Kermode, Michelle ^a   Longleng, Verity ^b   Singh, Bangkim Chingsubam ^b   Bowen, Kathryn ^a   Rintoul, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CBCNEI Mission Compound   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; India; Initiation; Injecting drug use; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; LIFE; MALE; MASCULINITY; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PEER PRESSURE; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70849127323     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080802486301     Document Type: Article

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