Can difficult-to-reuse syringes reduce the spread of HIV among injection drug users?

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Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 23-33

  Caulkins, Jonathan P ^a   Kaplan, Edward H ^b   Lurie, Peter ^c   O'Connor, Thomas ^d   Ahn, Sung Ho ^e  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND ^*  (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0008334443     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.28.3.23     Document Type: Article

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