Immediate impact of Hurricane Sandy on people who inject drugs in New York City

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 878-884

  Pouget, Enrique R ^a   Sandoval, Milagros ^a   Nikolopoulos, Georgios K ^a   Friedman, Samuel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Events; Complex emergencies; Disasters; HIV; Hurricane Sandy; People who inject drugs

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HURRICANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953874579     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2015.978675     Document Type: Article

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