A Comparison of Injection Drug Users (IDU) Vs. Non-IDU in a San Diego Cohort of HIV(−), Heterosexual Methamphetamine (MA) Users
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Regional variation in HIV prevalence and risk behaviours in Ontario injection drug users (IDU).
OBJECTIVES To measure HIV prevalence, risk behaviours, and further service needs in needle exchange programs throughout Ontario, and to conduct regional comparisons. METHODS Injection drug users (IDU) recruited through the efforts of needle exchange programme (NEP) staff in 9 Ontario cities during 1997-98 completed questionnaires about their drug use and behaviours and provided saliva and/or ...
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BACKGROUND Incarceration has been associated with a number of health-related harms among injection drug users (IDU). However, little is known about the prevalence and correlates of incarceration among community-based samples of IDU. METHODS We examined the prevalence and correlates of recent incarceration among IDU in the Scientific Evaluation of Supervised Injecting (SEOSI) cohort examined b...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1476-6256,0002-9262
DOI: 10.1093/aje/163.suppl_11.s136-b