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Lankenau, Stephen; Kecojevic, Aleksandar; Silva, Karol – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2015
Objective: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence has been increasing among young injection drug users (IDUs). This analysis examined whether the emerging practice of prescription opioid (PO) injection is associated with self-reported HCV among young IDUs. Methods: Young IDUs (n = 162) aged 18-25-years-old who indicated recent misuse of prescription…
Descriptors: Correlation, Drug Abuse, Communicable Diseases, Incidence