Assessment of unsafe injection practices and sexual behaviors among male injecting drug users in two urban cities of India using respondent driven sampling

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 652-667

  Sarna, Avina ^a   Tun, Waimar ^b   Bhattacharya, Aruna ^c   Lewis, Dean ^d   Singh, Yumnam Shashikumar ^e   Apicella, Louis ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^d Sahara Centre for Residential Care and Rehabilitation   (India)

^e Social Awareness and Service Organization   (India)

Author keywords

Harm reduction; Hiv; Injecting drug users; Sexual risk behaviors; Unsafe injection practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868109598     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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