Cessation of Injecting Drug Use Among Street-Based Youth
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Socioeconomic factors associated with cessation of injection drug use among street-involved youth
BACKGROUND Although the initiation of injection drug use has been well characterized among at-risk youth, factors that support or impede cessation of injection drug use have received less attention. We sought to identify socioeconomic factors associated with cessation of injection drug use among street-involved youth. METHODS From September 2005 to May 2015, data were collected from the At-Ri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1099-3460,1468-2869
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jti121