The Australian Study of HIV and Injecting Drug Use. Part I: Prevalence for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C among injecting drug users in four Australian cities

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The Australian Study of HIV and Injecting Drug Use. Part I: Prevalence for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C among injecting drug users in four Australian cities

The objective of this study was to assess differences in HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C seroprevalence among injecting drug users (IDU) in four Australian cities. Eight hundred and seventh-two current IDU were recruited in approximately equal numbers from each of Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth and Syd...

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Main Authors:	Loxley, Wendy, Phillips, M., Carruthers, Susan, Bevan, J.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 1997
Subjects:	HIV/AIDS - Hepatitis - Illicit drug use - Injecting - Epidemiology - Australia
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20960

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