Unprotected sex in heterosexual partnerships of injecting drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-64

  Gyarmathy, V Anna ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Tobin, Karin E ^a   Hoffman, Irving F ^b   Sokolov, Nikolai ^c   Levchenko, Julia ^c   Batluk, Julia ^c   Kozlov, Andrei A ^c   Kozlov, Andrei P ^c   Latkin, Carl A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dyad analysis; HIV infection risk; Injecting drug users; Risk networks; Russia; Sexual risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; RISK-TAKING; RUSSIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951669847     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9721-0     Document Type: Article

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