Association between heroin use, needle sharing and tattoos received in prison with hepatitis B and C positivity among street-recruited injecting drug users in New Mexico, USA

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 475-484

  Samuel, M C ^a,b,e   Doherty, P M ^a   Bulterys, M ^c,d   Jenison, S A ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e STD Control Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; PRISON; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TATTOOING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035694192     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268801006197     Document Type: Article

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