Social Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV/AIDS recognizes HIV as a socially structured disease - its transmission usually requires intimate contact between individuals - and shows how social networks shape high-risk behaviors and the spread of HIV. The authors recount the groundbreaking
Social Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV AIDS (Aids Prevention and Mental Health)
β Scribed by Samuel R. Friedman, Richard Curtis, Alan Neaigus, Benny Jose, Don C. Des Jarlais
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 296
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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