Five years of needle syringe exchange in Manipur, India: Programme and contextual issues

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 407-415

  Sharma, Mukta ^a   Panda, Samiran ^b   Sharma, Umesh ^c   Singh, Haobam Nanao ^c   Sharma, Charanjit ^d   Singh, Rajkumar Raju ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b AE 35   (India)

^c Asian Harm Reduction Network   (Thailand)

^d Khwai Lalumbung Makhong   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; HIV; Manipur; Needle syringe exchange programmes; Sharing of injecting equipment

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPRENORPHINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAMORPHINE; PENTAZOCINE; PHENIRAMINE MALEATE;

BEHAVIOR; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYRINGE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0242575270     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3959(03)00142-7     Document Type: Article

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