Citation

Werb D, Kerr T, Lai C, Montaner J, Wood E. J. Adolesc. Health 2008; 42(3): 303-306.

Affiliation

British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.09.021

PMID

18295139

PMCID

PMC2290001

Abstract

Limited data exist concerning patterns of nonfatal illicit drug overdoses among street-involved youth. We therefore evaluated factors associated with nonfatal overdose among a cohort of street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada. Our findings indicate that nonfatal overdose was common among street-involved youth in our setting, and was associated with various forms of drug use, including methamphetamine use.

Language: en