Can home-made injectable opiates contribute to the HIV epidemic among injection drug users in the countries of the former Soviet Union?

N. ABDALA ; J. P. C. GRUND ; TOLSTOV Y. ; KOZLOV A. P. ; R. HEIMER | 2006
Périodique

ENGLISH : Aims Home-made preparation of heroin is common in countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU), and the addition of blood during its preparation and the use of contaminated syringes to distribute it may play a role in the rapid spread [...]

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Characteristics and HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia : a comparison of needle exchange program attenders and nonattenders

K. KSOBIECH ; SOMLAI A. M. ; J. A. KELLY ; E. G. BENOTSCH ; C. GORE-FELTON ; T. McAULIFFE ; OSTROVSKI D. ; KOZLOV A. P. | 2004
Périodique

The purpose of this descriptive study was to compare young Russian NEP attenders (N = 209) and nonattenders (N = 207) on a multitude of dependent variables related to drug and sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Questionnaire data found [...]

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