Women's health and use of crack cocaine in context: Structural and 'everyday' violence

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-329

  Bungay, Vicky ^a   Johnson, Joy L ^a   Varcoe, Colleen ^a   Boyd, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Crack cocaine; Harm reduction; Poverty; Violence; Women; Women's health

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; VIOLENCE; ADULT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77953810576     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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