Drug problems among homeless individuals in Toronto, Canada: Prevalence, drugs of choice, and relation to health status

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Grinman, Michelle N ^a,b   Chiu, Shirley ^a   Redelmeier, Donald A ^b,c   Levinson, Wendy ^b   Kiss, Alex ^d   Tolomiczenko, George ^e,f   Cowan, Laura ^g   Hwang, Stephen W ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77949685049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-94     Document Type: Article

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