Transition to injection drug use: The role of initiators

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 486-494

  Rotondi, Nooshin Khobzi ^a   Strike, Carol ^b   Kolla, Gillian ^b   Rotondi, Michael A ^c   Rudzinski, Katherine ^b   Guimond, Tim ^b,d   Roy, Élise ^e  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV; Initiation of non injectors; Initiators; Injection drug use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896405666     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0693-8     Document Type: Article

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