Prevalence and correlates of sexual risk behaviors among drug users in Western China: Implications for HIV transmission

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 673-680

  Huang, Jiegang ^a   Jiang, Junjun ^a   Li, Jonathan Z ^b   Yang, Xiaobo ^a   Deng, Wei ^a   Abdullah, Abu S ^a,c   Qin, Bo ^d   Upur, Halmurat ^e   Zhong, Chaohui ^d   Wang, Qianqiu ^f   Wang, Qan ^e   Ruan, Yuhua ^g   Zou, Yunfeng ^a   Ye, Li ^a   Xie, Peiyan ^a   Wei, Fumei ^a   Xu, Na ^a   Wei, Bo ^a   Liang, Hao ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^g CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; CHINA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876278739     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2012.0272     Document Type: Article

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