High risk sexual behaviours among heroin sniffers who have no history of injection drug use: Implications for HIV risk reduction

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 391-398

  Sanchez J ^a   Comerford, M ^a   Chitwood, D D ^a   Fernandez, M I ^b   McCoy, C B ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTRANASAL DRUG ABUSE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SNIFFING; VIRUS INFECTION;

COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX;

EID: 0036269641     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120220123793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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