Full participation in harm reduction programmes is associated with decreased risk for human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus: evidence from the Amsterdam Cohort Studies among drug users.

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Published in Addiction on September 01, 2007

Authors

Charlotte Van Den Berg1, Colette Smit, Giel Van Brussel, Roel Coutinho, Maria Prins, Amsterdam Cohort

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Human Retrovirology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. cvdberg@ggd.amsterdam.nl

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