HIV prevalence and risk behaviour in needle exchange attenders - a national study

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HIV prevalence and risk behaviour in needle exchange attenders - a national study

Objective: To determine whether needle and syringe exchange programs represent feasible sites to describe the prevalence of HIV and related risk behaviour among injecting drug usersDesign: Cross-sectional surveySetting: 21 needle and syringe exchange programs in all Australian jurisdictionsParticipa...

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Main Authors:	MacDonald, M., Wodak, A., Ali, R., Crofts, N., Cunningham, P., Dolan, K., Kelaher, M., Loxley, Wendy, Van Beek, I., Kaldor, J.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	1997
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40314

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