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“When You're Getting High… You Just Don't Want to Be Around Anybody.” A Qualitative Exploration of Reasons for Injecting Alone: Perspectives from Young People Who Inject Drugs

Abigail K. Winikera Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Karin E. Tobina Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USAView further author information
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Rachel E. Gicquelaisb Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7022-6385View further author information
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Jill Owczarzaka Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USAView further author information
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Carl Latkina Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7931-2116View further author information
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Pages 2079-2086 | Published online: 09 Jul 2020

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