Needle exchange use among a cohort of injecting drug users

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1729-1734

  Schoenbaum, Ellie E ^a,b   Hartel, Diana M ^a   Gourevitch, Marc N ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Drug users; Epidemiology; HIV; Needle exchange

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029853616     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199612000-00018     Document Type: Article

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