Validity of Self-Reported Adherence Among Injection Drug Users
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Validity of self-reported needle exchange attendance among injection drug users: implications for program evaluation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1545-1097
DOI: 10.1177/1545109708320686