Keywords
Acknowledgements
References
-
1.
World Health Organization. Substance abuse. 2015. Available from: http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/facts/en/.
-
2.
Ryb GE, Dischinger PC, Kufera JA, Read KM. Risk perception and impulsivity: association with risky behaviors and substance abuse disorders. Accid Anal Prev. 2006;38(3):567-73. [PubMed ID: 16426559]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2005.12.001.
-
3.
Thurstone C, Salomonsen-Sautel S, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Hartman CA, Sakai JT, Hoffenberg AS, et al. Prevalence and predictors of injection drug use and risky sexual behaviors among adolescents in substance treatment. Am J Addict. 2013;22(6):558-65. [PubMed ID: 24131163]. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1521-0391.2013.12064.x.
-
4.
Dastjerdi G, Ebrahimi Dehshiri V, Kholasezade G, Ehsani F. Effectiveness of methadone in reduction of high risk behaviors in clients of mmt center. J Shaeed Sadoughi Unive Med Sci Yazd. 2010;18(3):215-9.
-
5.
Noohi S, Azar M, Behzadi AH, Sedaghati M, Panahi SA, Dehghan N, et al. A comparative study of characteristics and risky behaviors among the Iranian opium and opium dross addicts. J Addict Med. 2011;5(1):74-8. [PubMed ID: 21769050]. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0b013e3181db69ef.
-
6.
Haque N, Zafar T, Brahmbhatt H, Imam G, ul-Hassan S, Strathdee SA. High-risk sexual behaviours among drug users in Pakistan: implications for prevention of STDs and HIV/AIDS. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006;56(1 Suppl 1):S65-72. [PubMed ID: 16689489].
-
7.
Folch C, Casabona J, Espelt A, Majo X, Merono M, Gonzalez V, et al. Gender differences in HIV risk behaviours among intravenous drug users in Catalonia, Spain. Gac Sanit. 2013;27(4):338-43. [PubMed ID: 23578527]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2013.02.006.
-
8.
Parviz S, Fatmi Z, Altaf A, McCormick JB, Fischer-Hoch S, Rahbar M, et al. Background demographics and risk behaviors of injecting drug users in Karachi, Pakistan. Int J Infect Dis. 2006;10(5):364-71. [PubMed ID: 16793307]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2005.07.010.
-
9.
Grella CE, Anglin D, Annon JJ. HIV risk behaviors among women in methadone maintenance treatment. Subst Use Misuse. 1996;31(3):277-301. [PubMed ID: 8834263].