Potential use of safer injecting facilities among injection drug users in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 759-763

  Kerr, Thomas ^a,b   Wood, Evan ^b,c   Small, Dan ^d   Palepu, Anita ^b,c   Tyndall, Mark W ^b,c  

^a Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Portland Hotel Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; POLICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142246431     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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