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Social-structural contexts of needle and syringe sharing behaviours of HIV-positive injecting drug users in Manipur, India: a mixed methods investigation.

TitleSocial-structural contexts of needle and syringe sharing behaviours of HIV-positive injecting drug users in Manipur, India: a mixed methods investigation.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsChakrapani, Venkatesan, Peter A. Newman, Murali Shunmugam, and Robert Dubrow
JournalHarm reduction journal
Volume8
Pagination9
Date Published2011
ISSN1477-7517
AbstractFew investigations have assessed risk behaviours and social-structural contexts of risk among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Northeast India, where injecting drug use is the major route of HIV transmission. Investigations of risk environments are needed to inform development of effective risk reduction interventions.
DOI10.1080/09540121.2011.582076
Alternate JournalHarm Reduct J

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