Low-Frequency Heroin Injection among Out-of-Treatment, Street-Recruited Injection Drug Users
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Predictors of syphilis seroreactivity and prevalence of HIV among street recruited injection drug users in Los Angeles County, 1994-6.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Urban Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1099-3460,1468-2869
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9720-8