Correlates of sharing injection equipment among male injecting drug users in Kathmandu, Nepal

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 507-510

  Poudel, Krishna C ^a   Poudel Tandukar, Kalpana ^b   Yasuoka, Junko ^a   Joshi, Anand B ^c   Jimba, Masamine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

HIV prevention; Injecting drug use; Nepal; Sharing injection equipment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYRINGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE SHARING; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649331579     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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