The profile of injection drug users in Chennai, India: Identification of risk behaviours and implications for interventions

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-367

  Solomon, Sunil S ^a   Desai, Monica ^a   Srikrishnan, A K ^b   Thamburaj, Easter ^b   Vasudevan, C K ^b   Kumar, M Suresh ^b   Solomon, Suniti ^b   Celentano, David D ^a   Mehta, Shruti H ^a  

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

^b YRG CARE   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; India; Injection drug use; Risk behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 76849115771     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826080903452447     Document Type: Article

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