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Within-prison drug injection among HIV-infected male prisoners in Indonesia: a highly constrained choice.

TitleWithin-prison drug injection among HIV-infected male prisoners in Indonesia: a highly constrained choice.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsCulbert, Gabriel J., Agung Waluyo, Mariska Iriyanti, Azalia P. Muchransyah, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, and Frederick L. Altice
JournalDrug and alcohol dependence
Volume149
Pagination71-9
Date Published2015 Apr 1
ISSN1879-0046
KeywordsAdult, Attitude, Heroin, HIV Infections, Humans, Indonesia, Male, Methadone, Narcotics, Needle Sharing, Opioid-Related Disorders, Prevalence, Prisoners, Prisons, Risk-Taking, Substance Abuse, Intravenous
AbstractIn Indonesia, incarceration of people who inject drugs (PWID) and access to drugs in prison potentiate within-prison drug injection (WP-DI), a preventable and extremely high-risk behavior that may contribute substantially to HIV transmission in prison and communities to which prisoners are released.
DOI10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.01.018
Alternate JournalDrug Alcohol Depend

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