Assessing harm reduction strategies: The dilemma of observational studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1007-1010

  Bruneau, Julie ^a,c   Franco, Eduardo ^a   Lamothe, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031473599     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009228     Document Type: Short Survey

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