Sex, drugs, and hepatitis C virus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 195, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1556-1559

  Hahn, Judith A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

DRUG ABUSE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 34249053492     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516792     Document Type: Note

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