Open AccessCorrelates of needle sharing among injection drug users.
Author(s) -
Wallace Mandell,
David Vlahov,
Carl A. Latkin,
Maria Oziemkowska,
Sylvia Cohn
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.6.920
Subject(s) - needle sharing , injection drug use , medicine , drug , socioeconomic status , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , multivariate analysis , drug injection , environmental health , demography , family medicine , psychiatry , population , syphilis , sociology , condom
The sharing of contaminated injection equipment is the primary mode of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission for injection drug users. This study examined demographic factors, life events, and drug use practices that are potential risk factors for sharing injection equipment.