My first time: Initiation into injecting drug use in Manipur and Nagaland, north-east India

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kermode, Michelle ^a   Longleng, Verity ^b   Singh, Bangkim Chingsubam ^b   Hocking, Jane ^a   Langkham, Biangtung ^b   Crofts, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CBCNEI Mission Compound   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE; GLUE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 40149095911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-4-19     Document Type: Article

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