HIV prevalence and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs in Iran: The 2010 National Surveillance Survey

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages

  Khajehkazemi, Razieh ^a   Osooli, Mehdi ^a,b   Sajadi, Leily ^a   Karamouzian, Mohammad ^a   Sedaghat, Abbas ^c   Fahimfar, Noushin ^c   Safaie, Afshin ^d   Mostafavi, Ehsan ^a,e   Haghdoost, Ali Akbar ^a,f  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^d Alborz University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^e PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^f KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION;

AIDS; DRUG MISUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY (GENERAL); HIV;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84891855185     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051204     Document Type: Article

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