The social production of substance abuse and HIV/HCV risk: an exploratory study of opioid-using immigrants from the former Soviet Union living in New York City

The social production of substance abuse and HIV/HCV risk: an exploratory study of opioid-using immigrants from the former Soviet Union living in New York City

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Several former Soviet countries have witnessed the rapid emergence of major epidemics of injection drug use (IDU) and associated HIV/HCV, suggesting that immigrants from the former Soviet Union (FSU) may be at heightened risk for sim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guarino Honoria, Moore Sarah K, Marsch Lisa A, Florio Sal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Subjects:
Former Soviet Union immigrants
opioid use
injection drug use
HIV risk
HCV risk
qualitative methods
Online Access:http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/7/1/2

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