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Expanded syringe exchange programs and reduced HIV infection among new injection drug users in Tallinn, Estonia
BACKGROUND: Estonia has experienced an HIV epidemic among intravenous drug users (IDUs) with the highest per capita HIV prevalence in Eastern Europe. We assessed the effects of expanded syringe exchange programs (SEP) in the capital city, Tallinn, which has an estimated 10,000 IDUs. METHODS: SEP imp...
Autores principales: | Uusküla, Anneli, Des Jarlais, Don C, Kals, Mart, Rüütel, Kristi, Abel-Ollo, Katri, Talu, Ave, Sobolev, Igor |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146432/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21718469 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-517 |
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