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Comparing sexual risks and patterns of alcohol and drug use between injection drug users (IDUs) and non-IDUs who report sexual partnerships with IDUs in St. Petersburg, Russia.

TitleComparing sexual risks and patterns of alcohol and drug use between injection drug users (IDUs) and non-IDUs who report sexual partnerships with IDUs in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsAbdala, Nadia, Edward White, Olga V. Toussova, Tatiana V. Krasnoselskikh, Sergei Verevochkin, Andrei P. Kozlov, and Robert Heimer
JournalBMC public health
Volume10
Pagination676
Date Published2010
ISSN1471-2458
KeywordsAdolescent, Adult, Alcohol Drinking, Female, HIV Infections, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Assessment, Russia, Sexual Partners, Substance Abuse, Intravenous, Unsafe Sex, Young Adult
AbstractTo date, the great majority of Russian HIV infections have been diagnosed among IDUs and concerns about the potential for a sexual transmission of HIV beyond the IDU population have increased. This study investigated differences in the prevalence of sexual risk behaviors between IDUs and non-IDUs in St. Petersburg, Russia and assessed associations between substance use patterns and sexual risks within and between those two groups.
DOI10.1007/s11606-010-1323-z
Alternate JournalBMC Public Health

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