Methadone maintenance and hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 999-1005

  Crofts, Nick ^a,d   Nigro, Luciano ^a   Oman, Kimberley ^b   Stevenson, Elaine ^a   Sherman, John ^c  

^a Epidemiol and Social Research Unit   (Australia)

^b Infectious Diseases Branch   (Australia)

^c Barkly St Clinic   (Australia)

^d MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; METHADONE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHADONE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0030875645     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02979.x     Document Type: Article

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