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. 1990 Aug;35(4):100-2.
doi: 10.1177/003693309003500402.

Mortality and increasing drug use in Edinburgh: implications for HIV epidemic

C A Skidmore  1 , J R Robertson, G Savage
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Mortality and increasing drug use in Edinburgh: implications for HIV epidemic

C A Skidmore et al. Scott Med J. 1990 Aug.

Abstract

Mortality among a group of known drug users shows small numbers of deaths from AIDS so far but increasing deaths from overdose, especially in young women. Steadily rising numbers of drug injectors are observed. The need for a distinctly different educational approach in areas of very high seroprevalence is discussed and the requirement for close co-operation between prescribing sources identified.

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