Title | Oral substitution treatment of injecting opioid users for prevention of HIV infection. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2011 |
Authors | Gowing, Linda, Michael F. Farrell, Reinhard Bornemann, Lynn E. Sullivan, and Robert Ali |
Journal | Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online) |
Issue | 8 |
Pagination | CD004145 |
Date Published | 2011 |
ISSN | 1469-493X |
Keywords | Administration, Oral, Buprenorphine, HIV Infections, Humans, Methadone, Narcotics, Opioid-Related Disorders, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Risk-Taking, Sexual Behavior, Substance Abuse, Intravenous |
Abstract | Injecting 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 |
DOI | 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01601.x |
Alternate Journal | Cochrane Database Syst Rev |