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Reducing volunteer bias

DOI

15

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0

References

1995

Year

Liviana Calzavara, Carol Major, Ted Myers, Julia Schlossberg, Margaret Millson, Evelyn Wallace, James Rankin, Margaret Fearon
AIDS

Abstract

The use of unlinked left-over specimens is an important tool for measuring HIV-prevalence rates and should be encouraged. The results indicate that HIV rates are much higher among those entering prisons than in the general population. The pattern of HIV in Ontario prisons is similar to that reported in Europe and the United States. We are optimistic that these data will stimulate much needed efforts towards education and health promotion, and open the door to further research in Canadian prisons.