Syringe source, use, and discard among injection-drug users in New Haven, Connecticut

AIDS and Public Policy Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 88-94

  Khoshnood, Kaveh ^a   Blankenship, Kim M ^a   Pollack, Harold A ^a   Roan, Caroline T ^a   Altice, Frederick L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PHARMACIES; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYRINGES; HUMANS;

EID: 0034353789     PISSN: 08873852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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