International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 433-436 , November 2002

Rapid assessment of the situation on spread of injecting drug use and HIV infection in Yerevan, Armenia

  • Samvel Grigoryan

      Affiliations

    • National Center for AIDS Prevention, 56a Pushkin Street, 375002 Yerevan, Armenia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +374-9-40-19-67; fax: +374-1-53-07-71
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  • Alexander Busel

      Affiliations

    • Mogilev Center for AIDS Prevention, Mogilev, Belarus
    • ,
  • Arshak Papoyan

      Affiliations

    • National Center for AIDS Prevention, 56a Pushkin Street, 375002 Yerevan, Armenia

Received 1 October 2001 ,Accepted 11 August 2002.

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International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 433-436 , November 2002

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