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Burden of Infectious Diseases, Substance Use Disorders, and Mental Illness among Ukrainian Prisoners Transitioning to the Community.

TitleBurden of Infectious Diseases, Substance Use Disorders, and Mental Illness among Ukrainian Prisoners Transitioning to the Community.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsAzbel, Lyuba, Jeffrey A. Wickersham, Yevgeny Grishaev, Sergey Dvoryak, and Frederick L. Altice
JournalPloS one
Volume8
Issue3
Paginatione59643
Date Published2013
ISSN1932-6203
AbstractThe epidemics of incarceration, substance use disorders (SUDs), and infectious diseases are inextricably intertwined, especially in the Former Soviet Union (FSU). Few objective data documenting this relationship regionally are available. We therefore conducted a comprehensive, representative country-wide prison health survey in Ukraine, where one of the world's most volatile HIV epidemics persists, in order to address HIV prevention and treatment needs.
DOI10.1371/journal.pone.0059643
Alternate JournalPLoS ONE

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