Risk factors for HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C among the chronic mentally ill

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-209

  Davidson, Sandra ^a   Judd, Fiona ^b,g   Jolley, Damien ^c   Hocking, Barbara ^d   Thompson, Sandra ^e   Hyland, Brendan ^f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SANE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e MacFarlane Burnett Centre for Medical Research   (Australia)

^f Monash University and Bendigo Health Care Group   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; HIV; Mental illness; Prevalence; Risk behaviour

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEEDLE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0035032347     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.00867.x     Document Type: Article

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