The context of HIV risk behaviours among HIV-positive injection drug users in Viet Nam: moving toward effective harm reduction.

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Published in BMC Public Health on April 06, 2009

Authors

Duong Cong Thanh1, Karen Marie Moland, Knut Fylkesnes

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. congthanhnihe@yahoo.com

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