HIV/AIDS harm reduction in Iran

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Volumn 368, Issue 9534, 2006, Pages 434-435

  Razzaghi, Emran ^a   Nassirimanesh, Bijan ^b   Afshar, Parviz ^c   Ohiri, Kelechi ^d   Claeson, Mariam ^d   Power, Robert ^e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Persepolis NGO   (Iran)

^c Iran Prison Organization   (Iran)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 33746516900     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69132-0     Document Type: Note

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