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UNISA996202100003316 |
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Titolo |
Drug injecting and HIV infection : global dimensions and local responses / / edited by Gerry V. Stimson, Don C. Des Jarlais, and Andrew L. Ball |
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London ; ; Bristol, Pa. : , : UCL Press, , 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-35953-9 |
1-135-35954-7 |
1-280-02025-3 |
1-85728-824-6 |
9786610020256 |
0-203-21401-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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StimsonGerry V (Gerry Vivian) |
Des JarlaisDon <1945-> |
BallAndrew L |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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AIDS (Disease) - Prevention |
Intravenous drug abuse |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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At head of title: World Health Organization. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Preliminaries""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Foreword""; ""Series Editorà‚€?s Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1 Global Perspectives on Drug Injecting""; ""Chapter 2 The Social Context of Injectors Risk Behaviour""; ""Chapter 3 Health and Social Consequences of Injecting Drug Use""; ""Chapter 4 Drug Injecting and HIV 1 Infection Major Findings from the Multi City Study""; ""Chapter 5 New Injectors and HIV 1 Risk""; ""Chapter 6 The Structure of Stable Seroprevalence HIV 1 Epidemics among Injecting Drug Users"" |
""Chapter 7 Mobility and the Diffusion of Drug Injecting and HIV Infection""""Chapter 8 Modelling the HIV 1 and AIDS Epidemic among Drug Injectors""; ""Chapter 9 Drug Injecting and Sexual Safety""; ""Chapter 10 Cities Responding to HIV 1 Epidemics among Injecting Drug Users""; ""Chapter 11 Prison and HIV 1 Infection among Drug Injectors""; ""Chapter 12 Preventing Epidemics of HIV 1 among Injecting |
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Drug Users""; ""Chapter 13 Overview""; ""Appendices""; ""Contributors""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Drug Injecting and HIV Infection is a comparative international study of drug injecting behaviour and HIV infection based on the World Health Organization's study of 13 cities as disparate as Athens, Bangkok, Glasgow and Rio de Janeiro. Using a standardized methodology for the collection of data, as well as central data management and analysis, this study represents the largest international project of its kind. It presents a comprehensive overview of what is currently known about drug injecting, HIV infection, epidemic dynamics and possibilities for prevention. Stressing the importance of lin |
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