Homeless drug users and information technology: A qualitative study with potential implications for recovery from drug dependence

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1465-1472

  Neale, Joanne ^a,b   Stevenson, Caral ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computers; Drug use; Homelessness; Hostels; Information and communication technologies; Mobile phones; Qualitative; Recovery; Recovery capital; The Internet

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CELL PHONES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904989113     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2014.912231     Document Type: Article

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