Injecting equipment provision in Australia: The state of play

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1113-1127

  Burrows, Dave ^a  

^a Three Palms Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community development; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; HIV AIDS prevention; Injecting drug use; Peer education

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; NEEDLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYRINGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031808078     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089809062210     Document Type: Review

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