Social injecting and other correlates of high-risk sexual activity among injecting drug users in northern Vietnam

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 352-356

  Schumacher, Christina M ^a   Go, Vivian F ^a   Van Nam, Le ^b   Latkin, Carl A ^a   Bergenstrom, Anna ^a   Celentano, David D ^a   Quan, Vu Minh ^a  

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

^b Bac Ninh Department of Public Health   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

HIV; Injecting drug users; Sexual risk; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIET NAM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX; VIETNAM;

EID: 67349193706     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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