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Journal of Psychoactive Drugs Volume 40, 2008 - Issue 3: Forthieth Anniversary Edition
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Heroin Users in Cape Town, South Africa: Injecting Practices, HIV-Related Risk Behaviors, and Other Health Consequences

Andreas Plüddemann Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa
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Charles D.H. Parry Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council; Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa
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Alan J. Flisher Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Adolescent Health Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa; Research Centre for Health Promotion, University of Bergen, Norway
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Esmé Jordaan Biostatistics Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa
Pages 273-279 | Published online: 08 Sep 2011

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