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High pregnancy rates and reproductive health indicators among female injection-drug users in Vancouver, Canada

A. E. Weber Vancouver Injection Drug User Study (VIDUS), BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
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M. W. Tyndall Vancouver Injection Drug User Study (VIDUS), BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver
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P. M. Spittal Vancouver Injection Drug User Study (VIDUS), BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver
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K. Li Vancouver Injection Drug User Study (VIDUS), BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver
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S. Coulter Vancouver Injection Drug User Study (VIDUS), BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver
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M. V. O'Shaughnessy Vancouver Injection Drug User Study (VIDUS), BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver
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M. T. Schechter Vancouver Injection Drug User Study (VIDUS), BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver
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Pages 52-58 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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