International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 49-55 , January 2010

Association between neighbourhood socioeconomic characteristics and high-risk injection behaviour amongst injection drug users living in inner and other city areas in Montréal, Canada

  • Mélissa Généreux

      Affiliations

    • Community Medicine Residency Program, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Julie Bruneau

      Affiliations

    • CRCHUM, Centre Hospitalier de l′Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Department of Family Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Centre Hospitalier de l′Université de Montréal, Hôpital Saint-Luc, 1058 rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, Québec, Canada H2X 3J4.
    • ,
  • Mark Daniel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • CRCHUM, Centre Hospitalier de l′Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

Received 16 November 2008 ,Accepted 22 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.01.004

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 49-55 , January 2010

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