Factors associated with injection cessation, relapse and initiation in a community-based cohort of injection drug users in Chennai, India

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 349-358

  Mehta, Shruti H ^a   Sudarshi, Darshan ^a   Srikrishnan, Aylur K ^b   Celentano, David D ^a   Vasudevan, Canjeevaram K ^b   Anand, Santhanam ^b   Kumar, Muniratnam Suresh ^b   Latkin, Carl ^a   Solomon, Suniti ^b   Solomon, Sunil S ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cessation; HIV; India; Initiation; Injection drug use; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRISONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84855963740     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03602.x     Document Type: Article

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