Higher HCV antibody prevalence among Indigenous clients of Needle and Syringe Programs

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 421-426

  Ward, James ^a   Topp, Libby ^a   Iversen, Jenny ^a   Wand, Handan ^a   Akre, Snehal ^a   Kaldor, John ^a   Maher, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People; Hepatitis C; Injecting drug use; Needle syringe programs; Prevention; Risk behaviour

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ABORIGINE; ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYRINGE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; NEEDLES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYRINGES;

EID: 83155181966     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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