Syringe exchange not associated with social network formation: Results from Baltimore

AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 423-426

  Junge, Benjamin ^a   Valente, Thomas ^a   Latkin, Carl ^a   Riley, Elise ^a   Vlahov, David ^a  

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

Author keywords

AIDS; Needle and syringe exchange; Prevention programs

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYRINGE;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; SYRINGES;

EID: 0034108746     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200003100-00016     Document Type: Article

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