Do needle exchange programmes increase the spread of HIV among injection drug users?: An investigation of the Vancouver outbreak

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages

  Schlechter, Martin T ^a,d   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^b   Cornelisse, Peter G A ^c   Currie, Sue ^b   Patrick, David M ^a   Rekart, Michael L ^b   O'Shaughnessy, Michael V ^d  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV; Injecting drug use; Needle exchange programme

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0033037752     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199904160-00002     Document Type: Article

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