The intersection between sex and drugs: A cross-sectional study among the spouses of injection drug users in Chennai, India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Solomon, Sunil S ^a   Srikrishnan, Aylur K ^a   Celentano, David D ^a,b   Johnson, Sethulakshmi C ^a   Vasudevan, Canjeevaram K ^a   Murugavel, Kailapuri G ^a   Anand, Santhanam ^a   Kumar, M Suresh ^a   Solomon, Suniti ^a   Mehta, Shruti H ^a,b  

^a YR Gaitonde Centre   (India)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 78651348718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-39     Document Type: Article

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