Long-term improvement in unsafe injection practices following community intervention

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-59

  Luby, Stephen ^a,d   Hoodbhoy, Fawzia ^b   Jan, Aziz ^b   Shah, Aly ^b   Hutin, Yvan ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Health communication; Hepatitis C; Pakistan; Unsafe injections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; SYRINGE;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 10444259706     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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