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Profiles of risk: a qualitative study of injecting drug users in Tehran, Iran.

TitleProfiles of risk: a qualitative study of injecting drug users in Tehran, Iran.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2006
AuthorsRazzaghi, Emran M., Afarin Rahimia Movaghar, Traci Craig Green, and Kaveh Khoshnood
JournalHarm reduction journal
Volume3
Pagination12
Date Published2006
ISSN1477-7517
AbstractIn Iran, there are an estimated 200,000 injecting drug users (IDUs). Injecting drug use is a relatively new phenomenon for this country, where opium smoking was the predominant form of drug use for hundreds of years. As in many countries experiencing a rise in injecting drug use, HIV/AIDS in Iran is associated with the injection of drugs, accounting for transmission of more than two-thirds of HIV infections. This study aimed to: describe the range of characteristics of IDUs in Tehran, Iran's capital city; 2) examine the injecting-related HIV risk behaviors of IDUs, and 3) suggest necessary interventions to prevent HIV transmission among IDUs and their families and sex partners.
DOI10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00028.x
Alternate JournalHarm Reduct J

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