Gender Differences in HIV and Hepatitis C Related Vulnerabilities Among Aboriginal Young People Who Use Street Drugs in Two Canadian Cities

OBJECTIVES: Vulnerability to HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection for indigenous populations worldwide must be contextualized in experiences of current and past trauma. Aboriginal women entrenched in poverty face further gender-specific harms which place them at increased risk for HIV infection...

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Published in:Women Health
Main Authors: For the Cedar Project Partnership, Mehrabadi, Azar, Paterson, Katharina, Pearce, Margo, Patel, Sheetal, Craib, Kevin J. P., Moniruzzaman, Akm, Schechter, Martin T., Spittal, Patricia M.
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Language:Inglês
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5127699/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19191041
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03630240802463186
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