Opium trade and the spread of HIV in the Golden Crescent

• Egile Nagusiak: Syeda Ayesha Farooq (Egilea), Mohammad Hafiz Rasooly (Egilea), Syed Hani Abidi (Egilea), Kayvon Modjarrad (Egilea), Syed Ali (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract The Golden Crescent region of South Asia-comprising Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan-is a principal global site for opium production and distribution. Over the past few decades, war, terrorism, and a shifting political landscape have facilitated an active heroin trade throughout the region....