Risk behaviors and HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C seroprevalence among injection drug users in Georgia

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Shapatava, Ekaterine ^a,c   Nelson, Kenrad E ^b   Tsertsvadze, Tengiz ^a   Rio, Carlos del ^c  

^a AIDS   (Georgia)

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

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Georgia; Hepatitis; Injection drug use (IDU): HIV; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33744913020     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(06)80006-2     Document Type: Article

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