Public injecting and HIV risk behaviour among street-involved youth

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 254-258

  Marshall, Brandon D L ^a,b   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b   Qi, Jiezhi ^a   Montaner, Julio S G ^a,b   Wood, Evan ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Injection drug use; Public injecting; Risk behaviour; Youth

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INJECTION SITE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARPS DISPOSAL; SYRINGE; UNSAFE SEX; ADOLESCENT; HIV INFECTIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954657878     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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