Substitution treatment and HCV/HIV-infection in a sample of 31 German prisons for sentenced inmates

International Journal of Prisoner Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-44

  Schulte, B ^a   Stover H ^b   Thane, K ^a,b   Schreiter, C ^a   Gansefort, D ^a   Reimer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

German prisons; HCV; HIV; IDU; Substitution treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERMANY; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 70349702619     PISSN: 17449200     EISSN: 17449219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17449200802692144     Document Type: Article

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