The prevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV, and HIV-related risk-taking behaviors among palestinian injecting drug users in the east jerusalem governorate

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 671-676

  Štulhofer, Aleksandar ^a   Chetty, Agnes ^b   Rabie, Randa Abu ^c   Jwehan, Isam ^d   Ramlawi, Asad ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean   (Egypt)

^c WHO Country Office   (Israel)

^d Al Maqdese Organization   (Israel)

^e Ministry of Health of the Palestinian National Authority   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; ARABS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865144038     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9672-z     Document Type: Article

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