HIV disclosure, condom use, and awareness of HIV infection among HIV-positive, heterosexual drug injectors in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-57

  Grau, Lauretta E ^a   White, Edward ^a   Niccolai, Linda M ^a   Toussova, Olga V ^b   Verevochkin, Sergei V ^b   Kozlov, Andrei P ^b   Heimer, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Biomedical Center   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Condom use; HIV disclosure; HIV testing; Injection drug use; Russia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951676434     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9775-z     Document Type: Article

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