The prevalence of additional injection-related HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 202-207

  Koester, Stephen ^a   Booth, Robert E ^a   Zhang, Yiming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

IDU; Injection risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0029950106     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199606010-00015     Document Type: Article

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