Open AccessInjection drug use among children and adolescents in India: Ringing the alarm bells
Author(s) -
Raman Deep,
Anju Dhawan,
Anita Chopra,
VinodKumar Tikoo,
Rajesh Kumar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.196701
Subject(s) - medicine , cannabis , substance abuse , heroin , psychiatry , environmental health , pediatrics , drug
Injection drug use (IDU) is intricately linked to preventive aspects for human immunodeficiency virus from a public health perspective. No large-scale data are yet available for injectable drug use among children and adolescents in India, apart from few anecdotal reports.
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