Hospitalization among street-involved youth who use illicit drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a longitudinal analysis
Abstract Background Street-involved youth who use illicit drugs are at high risk for health-related harms; however, the profile of youth at greatest risk of hospitalization has not been well described. We sought to characterize hospitalization among street-involved youth who use illicit drugs and id...
Main Authors: | Derek C. Chang, Launette Rieb, Ekaterina Nosova, Yang Liu, Thomas Kerr, Kora DeBeck |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-03-01
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Series: | Harm Reduction Journal |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-018-0223-0 |
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