HIV outbreak among injecting drug users in the Helsinki region: Social and geographical pockets

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-386

  Kivelä, Pia ^a   Krol, Anneke ^b   Simola, Susan ^a   Vaattovaara, Mari ^c   Tuomola, Pekka ^d   Brummer Korvenkontio, Henrikki ^e   Ristola, Matti ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Health Service of Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Helsinki Deaconess Institute   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Demography; HIV; IDU; Poverty; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547777549     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl252     Document Type: Article

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