Needle and syringe provision and disposal in an Australian regional centre

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 431-438

  Miller, Peter G ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discarded; Disposal; Equipment; Geelong; Injecting; Laws; Needles; Programmes; Provision; Regional; Rural; Syringes; Vignette

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035732634     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230120092689     Document Type: Article

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