Practices surrounding syringe acquisition and disposal: Effects of Syringe Exchange Programmes from different Brazilian regions - The AjUDE-Brasil II Project

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 365-371

  Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira ^a   Bastos, Francisco Inácio ^b   Proietti, Fernando Augusto ^a   Reis, Ângela Cristina Maia ^a   Mingoti, Sueli Aparecida ^a   Gandolfi, Denise ^c   Doneda, Denise ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UFMG ^*

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; IDUs; Needles; Syringes

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOSAFETY; BRAZIL; CITY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYRINGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0242407703     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3959(03)00136-1     Document Type: Article

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