"The first shot": The context of first injection of illicit drugs, ongoing injecting practices, and hepatitis C infection in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 861-870

  Oliveira, Maria De Lourdes Aguiar ^a   Hacker, Mariana A ^a   Nóbrega De Oliveira, Sabrina Alberti ^a   Telles, Paulo Roberto ^b   Rodrigues Do Ó, Kycia Maria ^a   Yoshida, Clara Fumiko Tachibana ^a   Bastos, Francisco I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C Virus; Intravenous Substance Abuse; Needle Sharing; Street Drugs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646248363     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2006000400024     Document Type: Article

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