Sharing syringes in Madrid: A social phenomenon

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-14

  Rodríguez Arenas, M Angeles ^a   Zunzunegui Pastor, Maria V ^a   Friedman, Samuel R ^b   Romero Bellido, J C ^a   Ward, Thomas P ^b  

^a Ctro Univ de Salud Pública   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Inequality; Injecting drug users; Risk factors; Syringe sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004525656     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/6.1.11     Document Type: Article

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