HIV Prevalence and correlates of receptive needle sharing among injection drug users inthe mexican-U.S. Border city of tijuana

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-339

  Magis Rodríguez, Carlos ^a   Brouwer, Kimberly C ^b   Morales, Sonia ^a   Gayet, Cecilia ^a   Lozada, Remedios ^c   Ortiz Mondragón, Raul ^a   Ricketts, Erin P ^c   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^b,d  

^a SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Border; HIV testing; HIV AIDS; Injection drug use; Mexico; Needle sharing

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NEEDLE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27144438287     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2005.10400528     Document Type: Article

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