The legal strategies used in operating syringe exchange programs in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 8 I, 1996, Pages 1161-1166

  Burris, Scott ^a   Finucane, David ^a   Gallagher, Heather ^a   Grace, Joseph ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; COURT; DRUG LEGISLATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; PRESCRIPTION; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029741683     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.86.8_pt_1.1161     Document Type: Article

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