Unexplained illness among injecting drug users in Dublin: A case-control study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 575-576

  Mullen, Louise ^a   Barry, J ^a   Igoe, D ^b   Keenan, E ^c   Ward, M ^a   Murray, K ^d  

^a Eastern Regional Health Authority   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c Northern Area Health Board   (Ireland)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INJECTION SITE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; IRELAND; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

IRELAND;

EID: 0036070826     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.8.575     Document Type: Article

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