Police victimization among persons who inject drugs along the U.S.–Mexico border

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 758-763

  Pinedo, Miguel ^a   Burgos, José Luis ^b   Zúñiga, María Luisa ^c   Perez, Ramona ^c   Macera, Caroline A ^c   Ojeda, Victoria D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942794098     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2015.76.758     Document Type: Article

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