The natural history of injecting drug use: A 25-year longitudinal study of a cohort of injecting drug users in inner city Dublin

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 541-548

  O'Kelly, F D ^a,c   O'Kelly, C M ^b,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Rialto Medical Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; HIV; Natural history of injecting drug use; Primary care; Survival

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRELAND; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRISON; SURVIVAL TIME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867847115     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: 18634362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-012-0814-9     Document Type: Article

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