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Socio-Economic Status Determines Risk of Receptive Syringe Sharing Behaviors among Iranian Drug Injectors; A National Study

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ID15525613
AuthorsAssari (0000-0002-5054-6250, University of Michigan, corresponding author), Khodabakhsh Ahmadi (0000-0001-8969-8449, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences), Majid Rezazade (Iran Meteorological Organization)
Year2015
Volume5
Pages194-194
Publication date2015-03-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00194
PMID25852577
PMCIDPMC4369970
OpenAlexW2052682634
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited35

This study presented factors associated with risk of receptive needle and syringe sharing among Iranian IDUs. This information may be used for HIV prevention and harm reduction purposes. Socio-economic status of Iranian IDUs may be closely linked to high-risk injecting behaviors among them

Environmental health · Family medicine · Harm reduction · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Logistic regression · Needle sharing · Odds ratio · Pathology · Population · Psychiatry · Snowball sampling · Socioeconomic status · Syphilis · Syringe · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Internal Medicine

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,22
Citation span2017 - 2023 (7)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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