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Risk factors for elevated HIV incidence rates among female injection drug users in Vancouver

Patricia M. Spittal, Kevin J.P. Craib, Evan Wood, Nancy Laliberté, Kathy Li, Mark W. Tyndall, Michael V. O'Shaughnessy and Martin T. Schechter
CMAJ April 02, 2002 166 (7) 894-899;
Patricia M. Spittal
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, and †the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology and ‡the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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Kevin J.P. Craib
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, and †the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology and ‡the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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Evan Wood
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, and †the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology and ‡the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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Nancy Laliberté
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, and †the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology and ‡the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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Kathy Li
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, and †the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology and ‡the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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Mark W. Tyndall
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, and †the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology and ‡the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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Michael V. O'Shaughnessy
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, and †the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology and ‡the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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Martin T. Schechter
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, and †the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology and ‡the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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    Fig. 1: Comparison of cumulative HIV incidence rates among male and female VIDUS participants (log-rank p value = 0.054). VIDUS = Vancouver Injection Drug User Study.

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Patricia M. Spittal, Kevin J.P. Craib, Evan Wood, Nancy Laliberté, Kathy Li, Mark W. Tyndall, Michael V. O'Shaughnessy, Martin T. Schechter
CMAJ Apr 2002, 166 (7) 894-899;

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