A comparison of drug use and risk behavior profiles among younger and older street youth

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1486-1494

  Hadland, Scott E ^a,b   Marshall, Brandon D L ^c,d   Kerr, Thomas ^c,d   Zhang, Ruth ^c   Montaner, Julio S ^c,d   Wood, Evan ^c,d  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescents; drug use; HIV AIDS; injection; sex; street youth

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052094113     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2011.561516     Document Type: Review

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