HIV seroprevalence among drug users: an analysis of selected variables based on 10 years of data collection in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Pechansky, Flavio ^a   Woody, George ^b   Inciardi, James ^c   Surratt, Hilary ^c   Kessler, Felix ^a   Von Diemen, Lisia ^a   Bumaguin, Daniela Benzano ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Drug abuse; HIV AIDS; Risk behaviors; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33744935532     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(06)80017-7     Document Type: Article

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