Unsafe injection and sexual risk behavior among injecting drug users in Georgia

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 736-748

  Chikovani, Ivdity ^a   Bozicevic, Ivana ^b   Goguadze, Ketevan ^a   Rukhadze, Natia ^a   Gotsadze, George ^a  

^a CURATIO INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Georgia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Georgia; HIV; Injecting drug users; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALITY; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052883722     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9571-8     Document Type: Article

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