Opiate substitution treatment and HIV transmission in people who inject drugs: systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Published in BMJ on October 03, 2012

Authors

Georgie J MacArthur1, Silvia Minozzi, Natasha Martin, Peter Vickerman, Sherry Deren, Julie Bruneau, Louisa Degenhardt, Matthew Hickman

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1: School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK.

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