Needle and syringe sharing practices of injecting drug users participating in an outreach HIV prevention program in Tehran, Iran: A cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Kihara Masahiro (Author), Ono-Kihara Masako (Author), Zamani Saman (Author), Nassirimanesh Bijan (Author), Vazirian Mohsen (Author), Mortazavi Ravari Shahrzad (Author), Gouya Mohammad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2005-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>HIV infection rates have reached epidemic proportions amongst injecting drug users (IDUs) in Iran. Although a number of community-based interventions have being implemented in the country, there is little information on the risk behaviors of IDU participants in t...