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Original Article

Injection drug use in Calcutta: A potential focus for an explosive HIV epidemic

S. Panda ICMR Unit for Research on AIDS in North-Eastern States of India, DL 172, Salt Lake, Calcutta, 700091, India
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A. Chatterjee Kothari Centre for Gastroenterology, Calcutta, India
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S. Sarkar Deaddication Program, Alipore Central Jail Hospital, Calcutta, India
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K.N. Jalan Global Programme on AIDS, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
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T. Maitra ICMR Unit for Research on AIDS in North-Eastern States of India, DL 172, Salt Lake, Calcutta, 700091, India
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S. Mukherjee Kothari Centre for Gastroenterology, Calcutta, India
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B. Mukherjee Deaddication Program, Alipore Central Jail Hospital, Calcutta, India
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B.C. Deb Global Programme on AIDS, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
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Abu S. Abdul-Quader ICMR Unit for Research on AIDS in North-Eastern States of India, DL 172, Salt Lake, Calcutta, 700091, India
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Pages 17-23 | Received 12 Jun 1996, Accepted 18 Sep 1996, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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