Arrests and incarceration of injection drug users for syringe possession in Massachusetts: Implications for HIV prevention

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Case, Patricia ^a   Meehan, Thera ^b   Stephen Jones, T ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HIV/AIDS Bureau   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Crime; HIV; Injection drug use; Legislation; Needles; Public policy; Substance abuse; Syringes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032125149     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199802001-00013     Document Type: Article

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