HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among new initiates into injection drug use over the age of 40 years old

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-86

  Carneiro, Mariangela ^a   Fuller, Crystal ^a   Doherty, Meg C ^a   Vlahov, David ^a  

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

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Intravenous; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HYGIENE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0033010566     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00142-2     Document Type: Article

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