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A Longitudinal Investigation into Excess Risk for Blood-Borne Infection Among Young Injection Drug Users (IUDs)

Cari L. Miller University of California at San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California at San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, USA; British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Kathy Li British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Thomas Kerr British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Evan Wood British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Pages 527-536 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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