Exploring sex differences in drug use, health and service use characteristics among young urban crack users in Brazil

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bertoni, Neilane ^c   Burnett, Chantal ^d   Cruz, Marcelo Santos ^a   Andrade, Tarcisio ^b   Bastos, Francisco I ^c   Leal, Erotildes ^a   Fischer, Benedikt ^d,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Oswaldo Cruz Foundation   (Brazil)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brazil; Crack use; Gender; Health; Interventions; Marginalized populations

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

DRUG USER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CANNABIS USE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; OFFENDER; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL WORK; UNPROTECTED SEX; URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908548439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-014-0070-x     Document Type: Article

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