HIV risk behaviors among female IDUs in developing and transitional countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Cleland, Charles M ^a   Des Jarlais, Don C ^a,b   Perlis, Theresa E ^a,b   Stimson, Gerry ^c,p   Poznyak, Vladimir ^d   Adelekan, Moruf ^e   Lawal, Rahim ^e   Bastos, Francisco Inacio ^f   Hien, Nguyen Tran ^g   An, Dao Thi Minh ^g   Inchaurraga, Sylvia ^h   Jarlais, Don Des ^a   Perlis, Theresa ^a   Monteiro, Maristela ^d   Navaratnam, V ⁱ   Vicknasingam, B ⁱ   Gomez, Augusto Perez ^j   Mejia, Ines Elvira ^j   Mesquita, Fabio ^k   Molochko, Sergey ^l   Odek Ogunde, Maurice ^m   Ostrovsky, Dimitry ⁿ   Razzaghi, Emran ^o   Rahimi, Afarin ^o   Fitch, Chris ^p   Balakireva, Olga ^q   Varban, Marina ^q   Wu, Zunyou ^r   Yap, Lorraine ^r   more..

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARM REDUCTION INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^g HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^h UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

ⁱ SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^j RUMBOS Prog Presidencial A   (Colombia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^l Munic Clin Oncological Dispensary   (Belarus)

^m ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ Vozvrastcheniye Foundation   (Russian Federation)

^o Welfare Organization   (Iran)

^p IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^q Ukr Res Inst Soc/Legal Psychiat   (Ukraine)

^r CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOMBIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIET NAM; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX; VIROLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 37249005356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-271     Document Type: Article

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