High dead-space syringes and the risk of HIV and HCV infection among injecting drug users.

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Published in Drug Alcohol Depend on November 11, 2008

Authors

William A Zule1, Georgiy Bobashev

Author Affiliations

1: RTI International, Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions Program, P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, USA. zule@rti.org

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