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Sex trade involvement is associated with elevated HIV incidence among injection drug users in Vancouver

Evan Wood British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital; Department of Medicine, University of British ColumbiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jaime Schachar Undergraduate Medical Education, University of Calgary
,
Kathy Li British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital
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Jo-Anne Stoltz British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital
,
Kate Shannon British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital
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Cari Miller British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital
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Elisa Lloyd-Smith British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital
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Mark W. Tyndall British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital
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Thomas Kerr British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital
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Pages 321-325 | Received 01 Mar 2006, Accepted 30 Jan 2007, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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