Drug use and risk of bloodborne infections. A survey of female prisoners in British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-101

  Martin, Ruth Elwood ^a   Gold, Fiona ^b   Murphy, Wendy ^b   Remple, Valencia ^c   Berkowitz, Jonathan ^a   Money, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BCCCDC   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; High risk women; HIV; Prisoners; Street drugs

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLEANING; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 17244367551     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403669     Document Type: Article

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