Drug use and HIV infection status of detainees in re-education through labour camps in Guangxi Province, China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 4502-4519

  Zhang, Lei ^a,b,c   Yap, Lorraine ^a   Reekie, Joanne ^a   Liu, Wei ^d   Chen, Yi ^d   Wu, Zunyou ^e   Wand, Handan ^a   Butler, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Tsinghua University   (China)

^d GUANGXI CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Drug use behaviour; HIV; Incarceration; Re education through labour camps

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

DRUG USER; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COHABITATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; COMPLICATION; DRUG USE; HIV INFECTIONS; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORK;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK;

EID: 84929376696     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120504502     Document Type: Article

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