The street cost of drugs and drug use patterns: Relationships with sex work income in an urban Canadian setting

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 118, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 430-436

  Deering, K N ^a,b   Shoveller, J ^b   Tyndall, M W ^c   Montaner, J S ^a,b   Shannon, K ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction treatment; Drug use; Evidence based policies; Harm reduction; Income; Sex workers

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CANADA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTITUTION; SEX WORKERS; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 80053567685     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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