Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 300-302 , September 2009

Childhood Trauma and Injection Drug Use Among High-Risk Youth

  • Thomas Kerr, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Thomas Kerr, Ph.D., BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
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  • Jo-Anne Stoltz, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Brandon D.L. Marshall, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Calvin Lai, M.Math.

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Steffanie A. Strathdee, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine, University of California (San Diego), San Diego, California
    • ,
  • Evan Wood, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Received 8 October 2008 ,Accepted 17 February 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00117-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.007

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 300-302 , September 2009

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