Demographic, risk behaviour and personal network variables associated with prevalent hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and HIV infection in injection drug users in Winnipeg, Canada

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wylie, John L ^a,b   Shah, Lena ^a   Jolly, Ann M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CADHAM PROVINCIAL LABORATORY   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; MORPHINE; PENTAZOCINE;

CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 33749380629     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-229     Document Type: Review

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