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. 2016 Aug:34:96-100.
doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.05.009. Epub 2016 Jun 1.

Non-medical prescription opioid use predicts injection initiation among street-involved youth

Kora DeBeck  1 , Evan Wood  2 , Huiru Dong  3 , Sabina Dobrer  3 , Kanna Hayashi  2 , Julio Montaner  2 , Thomas Kerr  2
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Non-medical prescription opioid use predicts injection initiation among street-involved youth

Kora DeBeck et al. Int J Drug Policy. 2016 Aug.
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Conflict of interest statement

JM has received limited unrestricted funding, paid to his institution, from Abbvie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Merck, and ViiV Healthcare. All other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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Time to initiation of injection drug use among a cohort of street-involved youth in Vancouver stratified by baseline history of prescription opiate use (n=462).
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