Crossing over: Drug network characteristics and injection risk along the China-Myanmar border

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1011-1016

  Williams, Chyvette T ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Levy, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Border; China; Drug networks; Drug treatment; Injection risk behavior

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; NEEDLE SHARING; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052071930     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9764-2     Document Type: Article

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