The HIV/AIDS epidemic among drug injectors in Eastern Europe: Patterns, trends and determinants

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 729-776

  Dehne, Karl L ^a   Grund, Jean Paul C ^b,c   Khodakevich, Lev ^d   Kobyshcha, Yuri ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIC; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033398796     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204269902900402     Document Type: Article

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