Vulnerability to HIV infection among female drug users in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ghimire, Bhagabati ^a   Suguimoto, S Pilar ^a   Zamani, Saman ^b   Ono Kihara, Masako ^a   Kihara, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Female drug user; HIV; Injecting drug use; Nepal; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE SHARING; NEPAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891022985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1238     Document Type: Article

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