Initiation to drug injection among street youth: A gender-based analysis

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-54

  Roy, Élise ^a,b   Boivin, Jean François ^b,c   Leclerc, Pascale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Initiation to injection drug use; Longitudinal; Street youth; Transition to injection drug use

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INCEST; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; JUVENILE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751537156     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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