Knowledge of HIV seropositivity is a predictor for initiation of illicit drug use: Incidence of drug use initiation among female sex workers in a high HIV-prevalence area of China

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 226-232

  Wang, Haibo ^a,b   Brown, Katherine S ^b   Wang, Guixiang ^c   Ding, Guowei ^b   Zang, Chunpeng ^b   Wang, Junjie ^b   Reilly, Kathleen H ^b,d   Chen, Helen ^b   Wang, Ning ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Kaiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Drug use initiation; Female sex workers; HIV AIDS; Illicit drug use

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; KETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PETHIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHINA; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960844414     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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