HIV infection and high-risk behaviors in opioid dependent patients: The Indian context

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1699-1705

  Vaswani, Meera ^a   Desai, Nimesh G ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; Drug dependence; HIV; IDUs; Risk behaviors; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 4644299679     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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