The relationship between drug use stigma and HIV injection risk behaviors among injection drug users in Chennai, India

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-227

  Latkin, Carl ^a   Srikrishnan, Aylur K ^b   Yang, Cui ^a   Johnson, Sethulakshmi ^b   Solomon, Sunil S ^a,b   Kumar, Suresh ^b   Celentano, David D ^a   Solomon, Suniti ^b  

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

^b YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

Acquiescence response bias; HCV; HIV; India; Injection drug use; Risk behavior; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FILTER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STIGMA; SYRINGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADDICTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COMPLICATION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 77954661467     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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