Complex emergencies, HIV, and substance use: No "big easy" solution

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 41, Issue 10-12, 2006, Pages 1637-1651

  Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a   Stachowiak, Julie A ^b   Todd, Catherine S ^a   Al Delaimy, Wael K ^a   Wiebel, Wayne ^c   Hankins, Catherine ^d   Patterson, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; OPIATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFGHANISTAN; AFRICA; CRIME; DISASTER; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDONESIA; LAW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WAR;

EID: 33749139721     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080600848116     Document Type: Review

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