A weight-lifter sits on a bench with his weights at his side as someone offers him a steroid injection; a warning not to share vials and used needles for steroids; advertisement for The Steroid Project as part of the Kingston AIDS Project funded by the National AIDS Strategy, Health Canada. Colour lithograph by Alice Whissell.

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[between 1900 and 1999]
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668341i
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A weight-lifter sits on a bench with his weights at his side as someone offers him a steroid injection; a warning not to share vials and used needles for steroids; advertisement for The Steroid Project as part of the Kingston AIDS Project funded by the National AIDS Strategy, Health Canada. Colour lithograph by Alice Whissell. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Kingston (Ontario) : Health Canada, [between 1900 and 1999]

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1 print : lithograph, printed in black and green on cream ; sheet 55.8 x 43.1 cm

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Intramuscular Steroids and HIV/AIDS. Lift the weight off your mind ... Don't share vials and used needles. This project is developed and distributed through the Keep Six! Needle Exchange, a program of the Kingston AIDS Project. The Steroid Project was funded by the AIDS Education and Prevention Unit under the National AIDS Contribution Program of the National AIDS Strategy, Health Canada. Illustration by Alice Whissell.

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Alice Whissell Health Canada 19-- Health Canada This project is developed and distributed through the Keep Six! Needle Exchange, a program of the Kingston AIDS Project. The Steroid Project was funded by the AIDS Education and Prevention Unit under the National AIDS Contribution Program of the National AIDS Strategy, Health Canada. Illustration by Alice Whissell 09/09/2008 Canada UkLW Transcription from the item

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Wellcome Collection 668341i

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