Injecting drug use and HIV in northeast India: Negotiating a public health response in a complex environment

South Asian History and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-249

  Kermode, Michelle ^a   Deutschmann, Peter ^a   Arunkumar, M C ^b   Manning, Greg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MANIPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Micah Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

harm reduction; HIV AIDS; injecting drug use; northeast; public health; sex workers; social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959203791     PISSN: 19472498     EISSN: 19472501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19472491003592953     Document Type: Article

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