Injection drug users' and their risk networks' experiences of and attitudes towards drug dealer violence in Baltimore, Maryland

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-141

  Latkin, Carl A ^a   Yang, Cui ^a   Tobin, Karin E ^a   German, Danielle ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug dealer; Injection drug users; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO VIOLENCE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEALER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BALTIMORE; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84875378474     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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