Supervised injection facilities and international law

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 539-578

  Malkin, Ian ^a,b   Elliott, Richard ^c   McRae, Rowan ^b  

^a LLM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INJECTION; LAW; LIFESTYLE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0141594723     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260303300302     Document Type: Article

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