Operating needle exchange programmes in the hills of Thailand

AIDS Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 489-500

  Gray, J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DRUG USAGE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; IV DRUG USERS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; SYRINGE; THAILAND; TRIBES; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OPIUM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THAILAND;

EID: 0028808603     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540129550126434     Document Type: Article

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