Childhood sexual abuse and risk for initiating injection drug use: A prospective cohort study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 500-504

  Hadland, Scott E ^a,b   Werb, Dan ^c,d   Kerr, Thomas ^c,d   Fu, Eric ^c   Wang, Hong ^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

Adolescent; Child abuse; Cohort studies; Injection drug use; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868300225     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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