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Harm Reduction

Access to Sterile Injecting Equipment is More Important Than Awareness of HCV Status for Injection Risk Behaviors Among Drug Users

Joseph Cox Direction de Santé publique, Agence de la Santé et des services Sociaux de Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Herzl Family Practice Centre, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada; Institut national de santé publique de Québec, Montreal, Canada
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Carole Morissette Direction de Santé publique, Agence de la Santé et des services Sociaux de Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Institut national de santé publique de Québec, Montreal, Canada
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Prithwish De Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Claude Tremblay Direction de Santé publique, Agence de la Santé et des services Sociaux de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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Robert Allard Direction de Santé publique, Agence de la Santé et des services Sociaux de Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Institut national de santé publique de Québec, Montreal, Canada
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Lisa Graves Herzl Family Practice Centre, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada
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Randolph Stephenson Herzl Family Practice Centre, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada
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Élise Roy Direction de Santé publique, Agence de la Santé et des services Sociaux de Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Institut national de santé publique de Québec, Montreal, Canada; Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Canada
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Pages 548-568 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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