Effectiveness of harm reduction programmes for injecting drug users in Dhaka city

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Azim, Tasnim ^a   Hussein, Najmul ^b   Kelly, Robert ^c  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^b CARE   (Bangladesh)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; SYRINGE;

EID: 27744537541     PISSN: 14777517     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-2-22     Document Type: Article

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