Selective risk taking among needle exchange participants: Implications for supplemental interventions

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 406-411

  Valente, T W ^a   Vlahov, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; NEEDLE;

EID: 0035112064     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.91.3.406     Document Type: Article

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