Young and recent-onset injecting drug users are at higher risk for HIV

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1457-1465

  Fennema, Johan S A ^a   Van Ameijden, Erik J C ^a   Van Den Hoek, Anneke ^a   Coutinho, Roel A ^a  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 0030711515     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02867.x     Document Type: Article

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