Psychosocial factors explaining drug users' intention to use a new syringe at each injection

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 481-492

  Gagnon, Héne ^a   Godin, Gaston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

IDU; needle exchange program; syringes; Theory of Planned Behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956879207     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350801902475     Document Type: Article

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