Hepatitis C Screening in Intravenous Drug Users Under Treatment with Methadone: An Action Reserch Study

Hepatitis C Screening in Intravenous Drug Users Under Treatment with Methadone: An Action Reserch Study

Background: Intravenous drug users (IVDUs) are the most at risk group for viral hepatitis C and injection drug is responsible to more than 60% of HCV infected new cases worldwide. Hepatitis C screening in centers for methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has several benefits in harm reduction stateg...

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Main Authors: Sina Mobasheri zadeh, Nazila Kassaian, Behrooz Ataei, zari Nokhodian, Peyman Adibi
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Vesnu Publications 2011-04-01
Series:مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان
Subjects:
Methadone Maintenance
Hepatitis C
IVDU
Online Access:http://jims.mui.ac.ir/index.php/jims/article/view/871

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