Social network characteristics and injecting HIV-risk behaviors among street injection drug users

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-143

  Suh, Tongwoo ^a,b   Mandell, Wallace ^a   Latkin, Carl ^a   Kim, Joohyung ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Health Services Management   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AIDS; Drug network; HIV; Social network; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0030870949     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(97)00082-3     Document Type: Article

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