The xchange point: A drop-in center for African American active injection drug users

Health and Social Work

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-229

  MacMaster, Samuel A ^a   Vail, Kenneth A ^b   Neff, James Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b AIDS Rsrc Info Serv Santa Clara   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; OHIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0036673331     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/27.3.227     Document Type: Article

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