The journey into injecting heroin use

Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 89-100

  Barry, David ^a,b   Syed, Hussain ^a   Smyth, Bobby P ^a,c  

^a Drug Treatment Centre Board   (Ireland)

^b CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Injecting heroin use

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; DIHYDROCODEINE; MORPHINE; SOLVENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84866538172     PISSN: 15921638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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