Needle exchange: How the meanings ascribed to needles impact exchange practices and policies

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 126-137

  Strike, Carol J ^a,b   Myers, Ted ^b,c   Millson, Margaret ^b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; NEEDLES; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0036229509     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.14.2.126.23900     Document Type: Article

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