Drug use, sexual behaviours and practices among male drug users in Hanoi, Vietnam - A qualitative study

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 182-188

  Tran, Trung Nam ^a   Detels, Roger ^a   Hien, Nguyen Tran ^b   Long, Hoang Thuy ^c   Nga, Pham Thi Hoang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology   (Viet Nam)

^d Hanoi HIV/AIDS Prevention Office   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Drug users; HIV AIDS; Risk behaviours; Sex workers; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIET NAM;

EID: 2642525950     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3959(03)00087-2     Document Type: Article

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