Needles and syringes to care and counselling: The need for innovative primary health care to meet the needs of street-based injecting drug users

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-55

  Rowe, James ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Injecting drug use; Needle and Syringe Programs; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144479102     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY04007     Document Type: Article

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