International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 235-245 , August 2005

Law enforcement influences on HIV prevention for injection drug users: Observations from a cross-border project in China and Vietnam

  • Theodore M. Hammett

      Affiliations

    • Abt Associates Inc., 55 Wheeler Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-1168, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 617 349 2734.
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  • Nicholas A. Bartlett

      Affiliations

    • School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University New York, NY, USA
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  • Yi Chen

      Affiliations

    • Guangxi Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, 80 Taoyuan Road, Nanning 530021, China
    • Fax: +86 771 5316432.
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  • Doan Ngu

      Affiliations

    • Hanoi, Vietnam
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  • Dao Dinh Cuong

      Affiliations

    • Lang Son Provincial Health Service, 50 Dinh Tien Hoang, Lang Son, Vietnam
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  • Nguyen Minh Phuong

      Affiliations

    • Lang Son Provincial Health Service, 50 Dinh Tien Hoang, Lang Son, Vietnam
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  • Nguyen Huu Tho

      Affiliations

    • Lang Son Provincial Health Service, 50 Dinh Tien Hoang, Lang Son, Vietnam
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  • Ly Kieu Van

      Affiliations

    • Lang Son Provincial Health Service, 50 Dinh Tien Hoang, Lang Son, Vietnam
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  • Wei Liu

      Affiliations

    • Guangxi Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, 80 Taoyuan Road, Nanning 530021, China
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  • Meng Donghua

      Affiliations

    • Ning Ming County Health Department, Ning Ming City, Guangxi, China
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  • Xiang Shaomi

      Affiliations

    • Ning Ming County Health Department, Ning Ming City, Guangxi, China
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  • Huabin Chen

      Affiliations

    • Ning Ming County Health Department, Ning Ming City, Guangxi, China
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  • Hoang Ngoc Quyen

      Affiliations

    • Ha Giang Provincial Health Service, Ha Giang, Vietnam
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  • Robert S. Broadhead

      Affiliations

    • University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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  • Don C. Des Jarlais

      Affiliations

    • Baron Edmond de Rothschild Foundation Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, 160 Water St., 24th Floor, New York, NY 10038

Received 12 September 2004 ,Revised 25 May 2005 ,Accepted 27 May 2005.

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PII: S0955-3959(05)00099-X

doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.05.009

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 235-245 , August 2005