Stimulant injectors in Ukraine: The next wave of the epidemic?

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 652-661

  Booth, Robert E ^a,b   Lehman, Wayne E K ^a   Kwiatkowski, Carol F ^a   Brewster, John T ^a   Sinitsyna, Larisa ^c   Dvoryak, Sergey ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Counterpart International ^*  (United States)

^d UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE ON PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Injection drug use; Stimulant; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UKRAINE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UKRAINE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 45849086879     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9359-3     Document Type: Article

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