From risk environments to safe havens: Understanding context in the development of harm reduction interventions for drug users

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-83

  Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a   Inácio Bastos, Francisco ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJECTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYRINGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036285416     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3959(02)00006-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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