The oral health of street-recruited injecting drug users: Prevalence and correlates of problems

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The oral health of street-recruited injecting drug users: Prevalence and correlates of problems

Aims: To examine the effects of a series of injecting drug users' (IDU) characteristics and drug use behaviours upon the self-reported oral health of a sample of IDU. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Melbourne, Australia. Participants: A total of 285 IDU recruited through needle and syr...

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Main Authors:	Laslett, A., Dietze, P., Dwyer, Robyn
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2008
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17926

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