The force of numbers: Why hepatitis C is spreading among Australian injecting drug users while HIV is not

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 220-221

  Crofts, Nick ^a   Aitken, Campbell K ^a   Kaldor, John M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

EID: 0033104638     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb140325.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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