Challenges Faced and Coping Strategies Adopted by Injecting Drug Users during COVID-19 Lockdown—A Qualitative Study.
Background: The lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the lives of vulnerable population, including the injecting drug users (IDUs). The objective of the study was to document the coping mechanism adopted by IDUs and suggest measures to mitigate the adverse effects, if similar sit...
| Publicado en: | Indian Journal of Community Medicine Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 846 - 852 |
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Wolters Kluwer India Pvt Ltd
Nov/Dec2023
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