The effect of exposures to policing on syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in Bangkok, Thailand

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2615-2623

  Hayashi, Kanna ^a,b   Ti, Lianping ^a,b   Buxton, Jane A ^b   Kaplan, Karyn ^c   Suwannawong, Paisan ^c   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Mitsampan Harm Reduction Center   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Drug law enforcement; Harm reduction; HIV AIDS; Injection drug use; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLICE; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYRINGE; THAILAND; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; POLICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SYRINGES; THAILAND; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84881542729     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0543-8     Document Type: Article

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