Syringe vending machines for injection drug users: An experiment in Marseille, France

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1852-1854

  Obadia, Yolande ^a,b,g   Feroni, Isabelle ^a,c   Perrin, Vincent ^a,b   Vlahov, David ^e,f   Moatti, Jean Paul ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^b Reg Ctr Dis Contr S E France   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYRINGE;

EID: 0032754782     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.12.1852     Document Type: Article

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