Societal perception and support for methadone maintenance treatment in a Chinese province with high HIV prevalence

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-16

  Yang, Lijun ^a   Li, Jianghong ^b   Zhang, Yiping ^a   Li, Hong ^c   Zhang, Wendong ^a   Dai, Fuqiang ^a   Ren, Zhouyang ^a   Qi, Ge ^a   Cheng, Weixian ^a  

^a Ministry of Public Security's Key Laboratory of Narcotics Assay and Control Technology   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c YUNNAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Heroin addiction; HIV infection; Methadone maintenance treatment

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; POLICE; POLICY; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIETY; STAFF;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; FOCUS GROUPS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHADONE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 37649013027     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00952990701653867     Document Type: Article

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