Injection drug use in Calcutta: A potential focus for an explosive HIV epidemic

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-23

  Panda, S ^a   Chatterjee, A ^a   Sarkar, S ^a   Jalan, K N ^b   Maitra, T ^b   Mukherjee, S ^b   Mukherjee, B ^c   Deb, B C ^a   Abdul Quader, Abu S ^d  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Kothari Centre for Gastroenterology   (India)

^c Deaddiction Program   (India)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcutta; HIV; Injecting drug use; South and South East Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031496893     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595239700186291     Document Type: Article

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