Addiction treatment experience among a cohort of street-involved youths and young adults

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 398-409

  Wong, Jellena ^a   Marshall, Brandon D L ^a,b   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b   Lai, Calvin ^a   Wood, Evan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug treatment; Homeless; Initiation; Injection drug use; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950757664     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10678280903185567     Document Type: Article

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