Rates of injection in prison in a sample of Australian injecting drug users

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Rates of injection in prison in a sample of Australian injecting drug users

Aims: Determine the prevalence and frequency at which injecting drug users (IDU) continue to inject whilst incarcerated and to identify factors associated with in-prison injecting. Design: A nationally coordinated cross-sectional convenience sample. Participants: A total of 355 regular IDUs who had...

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Main Authors:	Fetherston, James, Carruthers, Susan, Butler, Tony, Wilson, David, Sindicich, Natasha
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Informa Healthcare 2013
Subjects:	prison Australia Injecting drug use
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47926

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