Homelessness and other risk factors for HIV infection in the current outbreak among injection drug users in Athens, Greece

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 196-204

  Sypsa, Vana ^a   Paraskevis, Dimitrios ^a   Malliori, Meni ^b   Nikolopoulos, Georgios K ^c   Panopoulos, Anastasios ^b   Kantzanou, Maria ^a   Katsoulidou, Antigoni ^a   Psichogiou, Mina ^a   Fotiou, Anastasios ^d   Pharris, Anastasia ^e   Van De Laar, Marita ^e   Wiessing, Lucas ^f   Des Jarlais, Don ^g   Friedman, Samuel R ^h   Hatzakis, Angelos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Organisation Against Drugs (OKANA)   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^e EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^f EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

^g BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

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EID: 84921838111     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301656     Document Type: Article

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