Drug and HIV-related risk behaviors after geographic migration among a cohort of injection drug users

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 854-861

  Rachlis, Beth S ^a,b   Wood, Evan ^a,b   Li, Kathy ^a   Hogg, Robert S ^a,c   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV; Injection drug use; Migration; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIGRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77956873842     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9397-x     Document Type: Article

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