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Prevalence of HIV infection and associated risk behaviors among people who inject drugs in Kermanshah, Iran: 2017

Koorosh Etemada Department of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Asaad Sharhanib Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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Peter Higgsc Department of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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Hamid Gheibipourd Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;e Modeling in Health Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 421-424 | Received 03 Dec 2018, Accepted 30 Jan 2020, Published online: 11 Feb 2020

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