Evolution of illicit opioid use among people with HIV infection in St Petersburg, Russia, in the period 2004-2015

Blokhina, E; Krupitsky, EM; Cheng, DM; Walley, AY; Toussova, O; Yaroslavtseva, T; Gnatienko, N; Bridden, C; Forman, LS; Bendiks, S; Samet, JH

Samet, JH (reprint author), Boston Univ, Sch Med, Boston Med Ctr,Dept Med, Sect Gen Internal Med,Clin Addict Res & Educ Unit, 801 Massachusetts Ave,2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02118 USA.

HIV MEDICINE, 2019; 20 (7): 450

Abstract

Objectives In the late 1990s, when the current Russian opioid epidemic began, illicit opioids used in Russia consisted almost exclusively of heroin. T......

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