Skills for HIV risk reduction: Evaluation of recall and performance in injecting drug users

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-247

  Virginia McCoy, H ^a   Chitwood, Dale D ^b   Bryan Page, J ^a   McCoy, Clyde B ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bleach disinfection; HIV; Injecting drug users; Needles syringes cleaning; Risk reduction; Skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031055138     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089709055848     Document Type: Article

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