AIDS and injecting drug use: very risky behaviour in a Perth sample of injecting drug users

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AIDS and injecting drug use: very risky behaviour in a Perth sample of injecting drug users

This research was carried out in 1990 to examine high-risk injecting and sexual behaviour in a sample of injecting drug users (IDUs) in Perth. The study was a cross-sectional survey with a convenience sample drawn from drug treatment (54%) and non-treatment (46%) populations. In the sample of 150 ID...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Loxley, Wendy, Hawks, D.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 1994
Subjects:	HIV/AIDS - Illicit drug use - Injecting - Sexual behaviour - Risk factors - Australia
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3386

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