Correlates of initiation of injection drug use among young drug users in Baltimore, Maryland : the need for early intervention

S. SHERMAN ; C. FULLER ; N. SHAH ; D. V. OMPAD ; D. VLAHOV ; S. STRATHDEE | 2005
Dans Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (Vol.37 n°4, 2005) Article : Périodique

This article examines individual and social factors associated with initiation of illicit drug injection, with a focus on racial differences. Data were derived from across-sectional survey of young injection and noninjection drug users in Baltim[...]

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Drug dependence among young recently initiated injection drug users

A. M. ARRIA ; C. FULLER ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; C. LATKIN ; D. VLAHOV | 2002
Périodique

ENGLISH : This study reports the prevalence of current drug dependence among 226 young recently initiated injection drug users (IDUs) (median age 25 years) recruited from community settings in Baltimore, Maryland. Dependence upon alcohol, coca[...]

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Impact of social network characteristics on high-risk sexual behaviors among non-injection drug users

D. J. PILOWSKY ; HOOVER D. ; HADDEN B. ; C. FULLER ; D. C. OMPAD ; H. F. ANDREWS ; C. L. DE LEON ; HOEPNER L. ; XIA Q. ; C. LATKIN | 2007
Dans Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.42 n°11, 2007) Article : Périodique

ENGLISH : Sexually active non-injection drug users in New York City and their sexual partners or fellow drug users (N = 264) were recruited from 2002 to 2005, and associations between social network characteristics and sexual risk behaviors we[...]

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