What are the factors associated with HIV testing among male injecting and non-injecting drug users in Lashio, Myanmar: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Saw, Yu Mon ^a   Yasuoka, Junko ^a   Saw, Thu Nandar ^a   Poudel, Krishna C ^b   Tun, Soe ^c   Jimba, Masamine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c University of Medicine 2   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYANMAR;

EID: 84878752446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002747     Document Type: Article

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