Severity of drug dependence, economic pressure and HIV-related risk behaviors among non-institutionalized female injecting drug users who are also sex workers in China

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-267

  Gu, Jing ^a   Chen, Hongyao ^b   Chen, Xi ^c   Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Wang, Renfan ^b   Liu, Chuliang ^d   Liu, Jun ^d   Lei, Zhangquan ^b   Li, Zhenglin ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Dazhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

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

Author keywords

China; Commercial sex; Condom use; Drug dependence; HIV; Injecting drug use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNOWBALL SAMPLE;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHINA; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEEDLE SHARING; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 49349104483     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.03.029     Document Type: Article

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