Effects of duration of injection drug use and age at first injection on HCV among IDU in Kabul, Afghanistan
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Correlates of receptive and distributive needle sharing among injection drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan.
We describe receptive and distributive needle/syringe sharing among injection drug users (IDUs) in Kabul, Afghanistan. In this cross-sectional study, IDUs completed an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Logistic regression identified correlates of needle sharing in the last six months. Receptive and distributive sharing in the last six months were reported by 28.2% and 28.7% of participant...
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15 صفحه اولEffects of race, neighborhood, and social network on age at initiation of injection drug use.
OBJECTIVES We investigated individual- and neighborhood-level factors associated with adolescent initiation of injection drug use. METHODS Injection drug users (IDUs) who had been injecting 2 to 5 years underwent HIV testing and completed a sociobehavioral risk survey. Modeling techniques accounting for intraneighborhood correlations were used in data analyses. RESULTS Adolescent-initiating...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1741-3842,1741-3850
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq020