Evaluation of needle exchange programs

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-178

  Delgado, Cheryl ^a,b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Hepatitis; Needle exchange; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEEDLE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; THEORY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMANS; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 1842850526     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2004.021211.x     Document Type: Review

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