Syringe exchanges: A public health response to problem drug use

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 143-146

  Cox, G M ^a   Lawless, M C ^a   Cassin, S P ^a   Geoghegan, T W ^a  

^a Merchant's Quay Proj Drugs/HIV Svc   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK; SYRINGE;

HEPATITIS C; HEROIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK-TAKING; SEX BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYRINGES;

EID: 0033807404     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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