Use of needles and syringes in Miami and Valencia: Observations of high and low availability

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 413-435

  Page, J Bryan ^a   Fraile, Jose Salazar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross site comparison; HIV; Injecting drug use; Needles syringes; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; NEEDLES; RISK-TAKING; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SYRINGES;

EID: 0033252325     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1999.13.4.413     Document Type: Article

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