Compulsory drug detention and injection drug use cessation and relapse in Bangkok, Thailand

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-81

  Fairbairn, Nadia ^a   Hayashi, Kanna ^a   Ti, Lianping ^a   Kaplan, Karyn ^b   Suwannawong, Paisan ^b   Wood, Evan ^a   Kerr, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Mitsampan Harm Reduction Center   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Drug cessation; HIV; Injection drug use; Thailand

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRISON; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THAILAND; TIME;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRISONS; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84921312852     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12206     Document Type: Article

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