High HIV risk among Uigur minority ethnic drug users in northwestern China

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 814-817

  Zhang, Li ^b   Zhu, Junling ^b   Rui, Baoling ^d   Zhang, Yuanzhi ^c   Zhang, Lijiang ^d   Yin, Lu ^b   Ruan, Yuhua ^a,b   Qian, Han Zhu ^a,e   Shao, Yiming ^b  

^a MCN A 0201 ^*  (China)

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

^c Xinjiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Urumqi Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

China; HIV; Injection drug users; Risk environment

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG USER; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; URUMQI; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 43549099351     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02071.x     Document Type: Article

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