Socio-ecological factors associated with depression, suicidal ideation and suicidal attempt among female injection drug users who are sex workers in China

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages 102-110

  Gu, Jing ^a   Lau, Joseph T F ^a,b   Li, Mingqiang ^c   Li, Haochu ^d   Gao, Qi ^a   Feng, Xianxiang ^c   Bai, Yu ^c   Hao, Chun ^a   Hao, Yuantao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^c Liuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Depression; Injection drug users; Sex workers; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; DRUG USE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX WORKERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84908892931     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.08.011     Document Type: Article

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