The influence of neighborhood characteristics on the relationship between discrimination and increased drug-using social ties among illicit drug users

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 328-337

  Crawford, Natalie D ^a   Borrell, Luisa N ^b   Galea, Sandro ^c   Ford, Chandra ^d   Latkin, Carl ^e   Fuller, Crystal M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Discrimination; Drug use; Neighborhood; Segregation; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84879600764     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-012-9618-0     Document Type: Article

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