HIV risk behaviour among injecting drug users in Perth: the Australian National AIDS and Injecting Drug Use Study

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HIV risk behaviour among injecting drug users in Perth: the Australian National AIDS and Injecting Drug Use Study

Objective: This study was carried out in 1989 to examine behaviour involving risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)infections and to measure the prevalence of HIV antibodies in a sample of injecting drug users (IDUs) in Perth.Design: The study was a cross-sectional survey with a sample of conven...

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Main Authors:	Loxley, Wendy, Marsh, Alison, Hawks, D., Quigley, A.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	1992
Subjects:	HIV / AIDS injecting Australia illicit drug use sexual behaviour
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47148

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