Social structural factors that shape assisted injecting practices among injection drug users in Vancouver, Canada: A qualitative study

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fairbairn, Nadia ^a   Small, Will ^a   Van Borek, Natasha ^a   Wood, Evan ^a   Kerr, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; SELF INJECTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956470060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-7-20     Document Type: Article

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