The importance of blood-borne viruses in elevated cancer risk among opioid-dependent people: a population-based cohort study

Alexander Swart; Lucinda Burns; Limin Mao; Andrew E Grulich; Janaki Amin; Dianne L O'Connell; Nicola S Meagher; Deborah A Randall; Louisa Degenhardt; Claire M Vajdic

Journal article

The importance of blood-borne viruses in elevated cancer risk among opioid-dependent people: a population-based cohort study

Alexander Swart, Lucinda Burns, Limin Mao, Andrew E Grulich, Janaki Amin, Dianne L O'Connell, Nicola S Meagher, Deborah A Randall, Louisa Degenhardt, Claire M Vajdic

BMJ Open | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001755

University of Melbourne Researchers

Louisa Degenhardt Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Awarded by NHMRC

Awarded by Cancer Institute New South Wales Career Development Fellowship

Funding Acknowledgements

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC; ID630531) and Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales. AEG is supported by an NHMRC principal research fellowship (ID568819). LD is supported by an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (ID510279). CMV is supported by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (ID1023159) and a Cancer Institute New South Wales Career Development Fellowship (ID10/CDF/2-42). The funding bodies played no role in the study design or conduct, data collection, analysis or interpretation of data, in the writing of the article or the decision to submit the article for publication.