Trends in HCV prevalence among injecting drug users in Glasgow and Edinburgh during the era of needle/syringe exchange

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 457-461

  Goldberg, D ^a   Burns, S ^a   Taylor, A ^a   Cameron, S ^a   Hargreaves, D ^a   Hutchinson, S ^a  

^a Scottish Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PREVALENCE; SYRINGE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0034952167     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540152029936     Document Type: Article

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