Estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Australia

Estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Australia

Abstract Background Injecting drug use is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Estimates of the size of the population of people who inject drugs are critical to inform service planning and estimate disease burden due to injecting drug use. We aimed to estimate the size of the popul...

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Main Authors: Sarah Larney, Matthew Hickman, Rebecca Guy, Jason Grebely, Gregory J. Dore, Richard T. Gray, Carolyn A. Day, Jo Kimber, Louisa Degenhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
People who inject drugs
Population size
Epidemiology
Multiplier methods
Indirect prevalence estimation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4785-7

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