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Federal University of Rio Grande Sul, Brazil
HIV risk factors in Porto Alegre are low education, poverty and injection drug use
August 13th, 2006
Low education, poverty and injection drug use remain HIV risk factors in Porto Alegre, Brazil. According to a study from Brazil, "Data from five studies were pooled to describe associations between drug use and HIV. The Risk Assessment Battery in Porto Alegre, Brazil, was used to collect data from 1449 subjects in 5 separate studies conducted between 1995 and 2004. "The subjects were divided into categories based on their pattern of drug use: (1) injection drug users (IDUs), (2) crack smokers, (3) frequent drug users, and (4) infrequent cocaine/alcohol/marijuana users. The sample consisted primarily of young males with low education and income...
Source: Health Insurance Law Weekly (2006-08-13)
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