Drug use careers and blood-borne pathogen risk behavior in male and female Tanzanian heroin injectors

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-343

  Ross, Michael W ^a   McCurdy, Sheryl A ^a   Kilonzo, G P ^b   Williams, Mark L ^a   Leshabari, M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

CANNABIS SATIVA; CATHA EDULIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 51949117243     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.338     Document Type: Article

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