Addiction treatment and stable housing among a cohort of injection drug users

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Palepu, Anita ^a,b   Marshall, Brandon D L ^b,c   Lai, Calvin ^c   Wood, Evan ^b,c   Kerr, Thomas ^b,c  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF HELP; VULNERABLE POPULATION; DRUG USE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 77955350106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011697     Document Type: Article

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