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The importance of blood-borne viruses in elevated cancer risk among opioid-dependent people: a population-based cohort study

OBJECTIVE: To quantify cancer risk in opioid dependence and the association with infection by the oncogenic blood-borne viruses (BBVs) hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis B (HBV) and HIV. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: New South Wales, Australia. PARTICIPANTS: All 45 412 adults aged 16 years or over regist...

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Autores principales: Swart, Alexander, Burns, Lucinda, Mao, Limin, Grulich, Andrew E, Amin, Janaki, O'Connell, Dianne L, Meagher, Nicola S, Randall, Deborah A, Degenhardt, Louisa, Vajdic, Claire M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3488729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23045358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001755