A comparison of the prevalence of HIV infection and injecting risk behaviour in urban and rural samples in Scotland

Addiction

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 855-863

  Haw, Sally ^a   Higgins, Kathryn ^b  

^a NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK; RURAL AREA; SALIVA; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031805071     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1998.9368557.x     Document Type: Article

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