Risks for HIV, HBV, and HCV infections among male injection drug users in northern Vietnam: A case-control study

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-16

  Quan, Vu Minh ^a   Go, Vivian F ^a   Nam, Le Van ^b   Bergenstrom, Anna ^a   Thuoc, Nguyen Phuong ^b   Zenilman, Jonathan ^c   Latkin, Carl ^a   Celentano, David D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Bac Ninh Department of Health   (Viet Nam)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; HIV; Substance abuse; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649138569     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802017610     Document Type: Article

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