Behavioral risk reduction in a declining HIV epidemic: Injection drug users in New York City, 1990-1997

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1112-1116

  Des Jarlais, Don C ^a,b   Perlis, Theresa ^b   Friedman, Samuel R ^b   Chapman, Timothy ^b   Kwok, John ^b   Rockwell, Russell ^b   Paone, Denise ^a   Milliken, Judith ^a   Monterroso, Edgar ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0342656560     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.7.1112     Document Type: Article

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