Back then and nowadays: Social transition narratives in accounts of injecting drug use in an East European setting

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-433

  Rhodes, Tim ^a   Bivol, Stela ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Health and Policy Studies   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Initiation; Injecting drug use; Narrative; Transition

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG PRESCRIBING; GLOBALIZATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARKET TRANSITION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLDOVA; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

MOLDOVA;

EID: 84856223891     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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