COVID-19 risks among people who inject drugs in Puerto Rico

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 839 Oldfather Hall. Lincoln, NE, United States. Electronic address: rabadie2@unl.edu.
² Social Science Department, LaGuardia Community College, 29-10 Thompson Avenue, New York, NY 11101, United States.
³ Sociology and Anthropology Department, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR 00931, United States.
⁴ The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, 55W 125th St., New York, NY 10027, United States.

Roberto Abadie et al. Int J Drug Policy. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul:93:102903.

doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102903. Epub 2020 Aug 15.

¹ Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 839 Oldfather Hall. Lincoln, NE, United States. Electronic address: rabadie2@unl.edu.
² Social Science Department, LaGuardia Community College, 29-10 Thompson Avenue, New York, NY 11101, United States.
³ Sociology and Anthropology Department, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR 00931, United States.
⁴ The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, 55W 125th St., New York, NY 10027, United States.

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