Did the Taliban's opium eradication campaign cause a decline in HIV infections in Russia?

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 470-476

  Rosenblum, Daniel ^a   Jones, Maggie ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Heroin supply; HIV transmission; Illicit drug markets; Russia

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; STREET DRUG;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREVALENCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

AFGHANISTAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OPIUM; PREVALENCE; RUSSIA; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84876267307     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.778282     Document Type: Article

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