Impact of methadone on drug use and risky sex in China

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 391-397

  Qian, Han Zhu ^a   Hao, Chun ^b   Ruan, Yuhua ^b   Cassell, Holly M ^a   Chen, Kanglin ^c   Qin, Guangming ^d   Yin, Lu ^b   Schumacher, Joseph E ^a   Liang, Shu ^d   Shao, Yiming ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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

^c Xichang Center for STD and Leprosy Control   (China)

^d Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

China; Heroin; HIV; Injection drug use; Methadone maintenance therapy

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 42949094631     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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