Abstract
In a population based survey conducted in France in 1988, 41 respondents reported present or past intravenous drug use. Controlling for age and gender, intravenous drug users (IDUs) engage in more high risk sexual behavior than the general population (sex with other IDUs, multiple partners), but they do not use condoms more frequently. They are five times more likely to have had an HIV test.
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Guiguet, M., Cohen, M., Flahault, A. et al. French intravenous drug users: Knowledge and sexual behavior change. Eur J Epidemiol 7, 423–426 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145008
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