Being realistic about benefits of supervised injecting facilities

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9482, 2005, Pages 271-272

  Hall, Wayne ^a   Kimber, Jo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TRAFFIC; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 22544435194     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66476-8     Document Type: Note

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