Recruiting and retaining mobile young injection drug users in a longitudinal study

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 684-699

  Lankenau, Stephen E ^a,b   Sanders, Bill ^c   Hathazi, Dodi ^d   Bloom, Jennifer Jackson ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Hidden population; High risk youth; Longitudinal; Qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949472738     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826081003594914     Document Type: Article

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