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A Preliminary Exploration of Immigrant Substance Abusers from the Former Soviet Union Living in Israel, Germany and the United States: A Multi-National Perspective

Richard Isralowitz PhD School of Social Work, Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Resources Center, Ben Gurion University, Israel
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Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner DSW and CAS Ehrenkranz School of Social Work, New York University, New York, USA
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Irmgard Vogt PhD University of Applied Sciences, Department of Social Work and Health, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Victor Chtenguelov Ukrainian Research Institute on Social and Forensic Psychiatry and Substance Abuse, Kiev, Ukraine
Pages 119-136 | Published online: 17 Oct 2008

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Abigail O. Akande, Christina Riehman-Murphy, Christiana Oji-Mmuo, Abenaa Acheampong Jones, Qiushi Chen, Joel E. Segel, Glenn E. Sterner$suffix/text()$suffix/text() & Marianne T. Adam. (2023) A scoping review of the opioid epidemic among U.S. Immigrants: Implications for treatment practices. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 0:0, pages 1-19.
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Honoria Guarino, Lisa A. Marsch, Sherry Deren, Shulamith L.A. Straussner & Anastasia Teper. (2015) Opioid Use Trajectories, Injection Drug Use, and Hepatitis C Virus Risk Among Young Adult Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union Living in New York City. Journal of Addictive Diseases 34:2-3, pages 162-177.
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Richard Isralowitz, Alexander Reznik & Shulamith Lala A. Straussner. (2011) Prescription Drug Use Trends Among Israeli School Dropouts: An Analysis of Gender and Country of Origin. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions 11:1, pages 75-86.
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Shoshana Weiss. (2008) Review: Alcohol Use and Problems Among Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel. Substance Abuse 29:4, pages 5-17.
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RichardE. Isralowitz & Alexander Reznik. (2007) Former Soviet Union Immigrant and Native-Born Adolescents in Israel. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 6:1, pages 131-138.
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RichardE. Isralowitz, ShulamithL. A. Straussner & Andrew Rosenblum. (2006) Drug Abuse, Risks of Infectious Diseases and Service Utilization Among Former Soviet Union Immigrants. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 5:1, pages 91-96.
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Talma Rosenthal. (2014) The effect of migration on hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors: A review. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension 8:3, pages 171-191.
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Eugene Tartakovsky & Sabina Mezhibovsky. (2012) Female Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence: A Comparison between Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel and Israeli-Born Women. Journal of Family Violence 27:6, pages 561-572.
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Richard Isralowitz, Alexander Reznik & Svetlana Spiegel. (2010) Religious Status and Drug‐use Behaviour among Former Soviet Union Immigrants. International Migration 48:3, pages 174-178.
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Richard Isralowitz, Alexander Reznik, Suzanne E. Spear, Mary Lynn Brecht & Richard A. Rawson. (2007) Severity of heroin use in Israel: comparisons between native Israelis and former Soviet Union immigrants. Addiction 102:4, pages 630-637.
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R. Isralowitz, A. Reznik & S. Borkin. (2006) Late-Life Benzodiazepine Use Among Russian-Speaking Immigrants in Israel. The Gerontologist 46:5, pages 677-679.
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