The intertwined epidemics of HIV infection, incarceration, and substance abuse: A call to action

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 203, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1201-1203

  Flanigan, Timothy P ^a   Beckwith, Curt G ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954568865     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir034     Document Type: Editorial

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