Associations between public health indicators and injecting prescription opioids by prescription opioid abusers in substance abuse treatment

Journal of Opioid Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-17

  Black, Ryan A ^a   Trudeau, Kimberlee J ^b   Cassidy, Theresa A ^b   Budman, Simon H ^b   Butler, Stephen F ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INFLEXXION INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlates; Prescription drug injection; Public health

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876093739     PISSN: 15517489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2013.0142     Document Type: Article

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