Expanding harm reduction services through a wound and abscess clinic

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1915-1917

  Grau, Lauretta E ^a   Arevalo, Silvia ^b   Catchpool, Christopher ^b   Heimer, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HIV Educ/Prev Proj Alameda Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; INJECTION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; WOUND CARE;

EID: 0036893103     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.12.1915     Document Type: Article

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