Titre : | Patterns of polydrug use among ketamine injectors in New York city (2005) |
Titre traduit : | (Types de polyconsommation chez des injecteurs de kétamine à New York) |
Auteurs : | S. E. LANKENAU ; M. C. CLATTS |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.40 n°9-10, 2005) |
Article en page(s) : | 1381-1397 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés POLYCONSOMMATION ; KETAMINE ; INJECTION ; POPULATION A RISQUE ; JEUNE ; EPIDEMIOLOGIEThésaurus géographique ETATS-UNIS |
Résumé : | Polydrug use is an important public health issue since it has been linked to significant adverse health outcomes. Recently, club drugs, including ketamine and other drugs used in dance/rave scenes, have been identified as key substances in new types of polydrug using patterns. While seemingly a self-explanatory concept, "polydrug" use constitutes multiple drug using practices that may impact upon health risks. Ketamine, a club drug commonly administered intranasally among youth for its disassociative properties, has emerged as a drug increasingly prevalent among a new hidden population of injection drug users (IDUs). Using an ethno-epidemiological methodology, we interviewed 40 young ( |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 35 |
Affiliation : | University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Numéro Toxibase : | 404998 |
Centre Emetteur : | 04 CIRDD-51 |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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