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Oral substitution treatment of injecting opioid users for prevention of HIV infection.

TitleOral substitution treatment of injecting opioid users for prevention of HIV infection.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsGowing, Linda, Michael F. Farrell, Reinhard Bornemann, Lynn E. Sullivan, and Robert Ali
JournalCochrane database of systematic reviews (Online)
Issue8
PaginationCD004145
Date Published2011
ISSN1469-493X
KeywordsAdministration, Oral, Buprenorphine, HIV Infections, Humans, Methadone, Narcotics, Opioid-Related Disorders, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Risk-Taking, Sexual Behavior, Substance Abuse, Intravenous
AbstractInjecting drug users are vulnerable to infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other blood borne viruses as a result of collective use of injecting equipment as well as sexual behaviour
DOI10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01601.x
Alternate JournalCochrane Database Syst Rev

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