Impact of pharmacy-based syringe access on injection practices among injecting drug users in Minnesota, 1998 to 1999

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-192

  Cotten Oldenburg, Niki U ^a   Carr, Peter ^a   DeBoer, Jill M ^a   Collison, Elaine K ^a   Novotny, Gary ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviors; HIV; Injecting drug users; Laws; Pharmacy; Syringe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035363764     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200106010-00014     Document Type: Article

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