Drug use among the urban poor in Kolkata: Behaviour and environment correlates of low HIV infection

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 128-134

  Panda, S ^a   Saha, U ^a   Pahari, S ^a   Nathan, M ^a   Poddar, S ^a   Neogi, D ^a   Sarkar, M ^a   Pal, N K ^a   Mahalanabis, D ^a  

^a SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; DIAMORPHINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LABORATORY TEST; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICE; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REHABILITATION CENTER; SAMPLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; POVERTY AREAS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0036049481     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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