Compulsory drug detention center experiences among a community-based sample of injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Csete, Joanne ^a   Kaplan, Karyn ^b   Hayashi, Kanna ^c,d   Fairbairn, Nadia ^c   Suwannawong, Paisan ^b   Zhang, Ruth ^e   Wood, Evan ^c,d   Kerr, Thomas ^c,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^e PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compulsory treatment; injection drug use; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DETENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; THAILAND;

EID: 80054709151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-11-12     Document Type: Article

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