Vietnamese-speaking injecting drug users in Melbourne: The need for harm reduction programs

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 481-484

  Louie, Robyn ^a   Krouskos, Demos ^b   Gonzalez, Mirta ^c   Crofts, Nick ^a  

^a Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research   (Australia)

^b N Richmond Community Health Centre   (Australia)

^c Culture Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIET NAM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031852764     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01418.x     Document Type: Article

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