The relationship between age and risky injecting behaviours among a sample of Australian people who inject drugs

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The relationship between age and risky injecting behaviours among a sample of Australian people who inject drugs

Background: Limited evidence suggests that younger people who inject drugs (PWID) engage in high-risk injecting behaviours. This study aims to better understand the relationships between age and risky injecting behaviours. Methods: Data were taken from 11 years of a repeat cross-sectional study of s...

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Main Authors:	Horyniak, Danielle, Dietze, Paul, Degenhardt, Louisa, Higgs, Peter, McIlwraith, F, Alati, Rosa, Bruno, Raimondo, Lenton, Simon, Burns, Lucy
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier Ireland Ltd 2013
Subjects:	Injury Overdose Age Australia Injecting drug use
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4802

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