Risk behavior and HIV seroprevalence among injecting drug users in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

AIDS, Supplement

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Telles, Paulo R ^a   Bastos, Francisco I ^b   Guydish, Joseph ^c   Inciardi, James A ^d   Surratt, Hilary L ^d   Pearl, Michelle ^c   Hearst, Norman ^c,e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Brazil; HIV; Injecting drug use; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF INJECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BRAZIL; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DRUG USAGE; HIV INFECTIONS; IV DRUG USERS; LATIN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; SEX BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AMERICA; URBAN POPULATION; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0030728012     PISSN: 13502840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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