Lessons from the field: From research to application in the fight against AIDS among injection drug users in three New England cities

Human Organization

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-191

  Singer, Merrill ^a   Stopka, Tom ^b   Shaw, Susan ^b   Santelices, Claudia ^b   Buchanan, David ^b   Teng, Wei ^b   Khooshnood, Kaveh ^b   Heimer, Robert ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Advocacy; AIDS; Prevention; Social and behavioral research

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG USER; HEALTH POLICY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22744452200     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.64.2.ga5ebpqynpxayrb5     Document Type: Article

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