Changes in blood-borne infection risk among injection drug users.

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Published in J Infect Dis on January 31, 2011

Authors

Shruti H Mehta1, Jacqueline Astemborski, Gregory D Kirk, Steffanie A Strathdee, Kenrad E Nelson, David Vlahov, David L Thomas

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. shmehta@jhsph.edu

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