Association between testing for human immunodeficiency virus and changes in risk behaviors among injecting drug users in Southern China

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 473-477

  Jin, Xia ^a,b   Smith, Kumi ^b   Sun, Yongli ^b   Ding, Guowei ^b   Yao, Yan ^b   Xu, Junjie ^b   Chang, Dongfang ^c   Wang, Guixiang ^c   Zhu, Yun ^d   Wang, Ning ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d People's Municipal Hospital of Kaiyuan   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CHINA; CONDOMS; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE SHARING; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 68249146104     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181a2a90c     Document Type: Article

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