The relationship between drug use stigma and HIV injection risk behaviors among injection drug users in Chennai, India
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عنوان ژورنال: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0376-8716
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.03.004