Does drug use cause AIDS?
A hypothesis identifying substance abuse as a main cause of AIDS has naturally excited much publicity. But such claims have no basis in fact.
Ascher
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Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley 94704.
Sheppard
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Winkelstein
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Vittinghoff
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