Self-care and risk reduction habits in older injection drug users with chronic wounds: A cross-sectional study

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Smith, Maria Elisa ^a   Robinowitz, Natanya ^b   Chaulk, Patrick ^b   Johnson, Kristine E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic wounds; Harm reduction; Injection drug use

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC WOUND; CIGARETTE FILTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INJECTION DRUG USE; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; HABIT; HIV INFECTIONS; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; BALTIMORE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF CARE; SKIN ULCER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84931335405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-11-28     Document Type: Article

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