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Societal Perception and Support for Methadone Maintenance Treatment in a Chinese Province with High HIV Prevalence

Lijun Yang Yunnan Police Academy and Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Criminal Science and Forensic Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Jianghong Li Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Center for Child Health Research, the University of Western Australia, West Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yiping Zhang Yunnan Police Academy and Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Criminal Science and Forensic Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Hong Li Yunnan Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Yunnan, China
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Wendong Zhang Yunnan Police Academy and Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Criminal Science and Forensic Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Fuqiang Dai Yunnan Police Academy and Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Criminal Science and Forensic Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Zhouyang Ren Yunnan Police Academy and Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Criminal Science and Forensic Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Ge Qi Yunnan Police Academy and Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Criminal Science and Forensic Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Weixian Cheng Yunnan Police Academy and Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Criminal Science and Forensic Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Pages 5-16 | Published online: 24 Aug 2009

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