High prevalence of HIV infection among injection drug users (IDUs) in Hyderabad and Sukkur, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 136-140

  Altaf, Arshad ^a   Saleem, Naeem ^a   Abbas, Sohail ^a   Muzaffar, Rana ^b  

^a Canada Pakistan HIV AIDS Surveillance Project   (Pakistan)

^b SINDH INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 63049101668     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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