Short communication: HIV prevalence and risk behavior among injection drug users and their sex partners in two Russian cities

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 687-690

  Eritsyan, Ksenia U ^a,b   Levina, Olga S ^a   White, Edward ^c   Smolskaya, Tatiana T ^d   Heimer, Robert ^c  

^a NGO of Social Projects in the Sphere of Population's Well Being Stellit   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST PETERSBURG PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; CITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFE SEX; SEXUALITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; CITIES; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; RUSSIA; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876209887     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2012.0161     Document Type: Article

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