Is cannabis use associated with HIV drug and sex risk behaviors among Russian HIV-infected risky drinkers?

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 74-80

  Tyurina, Arina ^a   Krupitsky, Evgeny ^a,e   Cheng, Debbie M ^a,b,c,e   Coleman, Sharon M ^c   Walley, Alexander Y ^b   Bridden, Carly ^b   Gnatienko, Natalia ^b   Zvartau, Edwin ^a   Raj, Anita ^d   Samet, Jeffrey H ^b,c  

^a PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e Bekhterev St Petersburg Psychoneurological Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cannabis use; Drug risk behavior; HIV; Russia; Sex risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUSSIAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; UNSAFE SEX;

CANNABIS;

CANNABIS USE; DRUG RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV; RUSSIA; SEX RISK BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; RUSSIA; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881664112     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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