"Slowed right down": Insights into the use of alcohol from research with Aboriginal Australians living with HIV

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-110

  Thompson, Sandra C ^a   Bonar, Maria ^a   Greville, Heath ^a,b   Bessarab, Dawn ^a   Gilles, Marisa T ^c   D'Antoine, Heather ^d   Maycock, Bruce R ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Alcohol; HIV; Indigenous; Risk behaviour

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK-TAKING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549085593     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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