Needle exchange programs and experience of violence in an inner city neighborhood

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 282-288

  Galea, Sandro ^a,b   Ahern, Jennifer ^a   Fuller, Crystal ^a,b   Freudenberg, Nicholas ^c   Vlahov, David ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner city neighborhood; Needle exchange programs; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035504932     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200111010-00014     Document Type: Article

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