Trajectories of injection drug use over 20 years (1988-2008) in Baltimore, Maryland

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 829-836

  Genberg, Becky L ^a,b   Gange, Stephen J ^b   Go, Vivian F ^b   Celentano, David D ^b   Kirk, Gregory D ^b   Mehta, Shruti H ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; HIV; intravenous; longitudinal studies; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE CLASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USER; HEALTH POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953895443     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq441     Document Type: Article

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