The influence of the perceived consequences of refusing to share injection equipment among injection drug users: Balancing competing risks

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 835-842

  Wagner, Karla D ^a   Lankenau, Stephen E ^b   Palinkas, Lawrence A ^a   Richardson, Jean L ^a   Chou, Chih Ping ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; HIV; Injection drug use; Perceived consequences; Syringe sharing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; RECEPTIVE PARAPHERNALIA SHARING; RECEPTIVE SYRINGE SHARING; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955731549     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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