Estimating the number of injection drug users in greater Victoria, Canada using capture-recapture methods

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Xu, Yuan ^a   Fyfe, Murray ^b   Walker, Liz ^b   Cowen, Laura L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Injection drug user; Population size; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION DRUG USER; MALE; MARK RECAPTURE; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION SIZE ESTIMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84896701838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-11-9     Document Type: Article

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