Binge drinking and unsafe sex: A study of narcology hospital patients from St. Petersburg, Russia

Substance Abuse

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-222

  Raj, A ^a   Cheng, D M ^a,b   Krupitsky, E M ^c   Levenson, S ^a   Egorova, V Y ^c   Meli, S ^b   Zvartau, E E ^c   Samet, J H ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Condom use; Unprotected sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX; ADOLESCENT; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; RUSSIA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 70349761763     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897070903040923     Document Type: Article

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