Assessment of risk for HIV transmission among drug abusers in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 147-154

  Pechansky, Flavio ^a,b   Soibelman, Mauro ^b   Rausch, Egle Kohl ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031004889     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204269702700110     Document Type: Article

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