Overland heroin trafficking routes and HIV-1 spread in south and south-east Asia

AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-83

  Beyrer, Chris ^a   Razak, Myat Htoo ^a   Lisam, Khomdon ^b   Chen, Jie ^c   Lui, Wei ^c   Yu, Xiao Fang ^a  

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

^b Manipur State HIV/AIDS Program   (India)

^c Guangxi Hlth/Anti Epidemic Center   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Heroin trafficking; HIV AIDS; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG TRAFFIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MYANMAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEROIN; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NARCOTICS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0033979507     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200001070-00009     Document Type: Article

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