Injection drug users' use of pharmacies for purchasing needles in Anchorage, Alaska

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 381-387

  Fisher, Dennis G ^a   Fenaughty, Andrea M ^b   Cagle, Henry H ^c   Reynolds, Grace L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Data and Evaluation Unit   (United States)

^c ANC HEP   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Needle exchange; Pharmacy sales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJECTION; MALE; NEEDLE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; RANDOMIZATION; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242407702     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3959(03)00138-5     Document Type: Article

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