Barriers to use of Needle and Syringe Programmes in a high drug use area of Sydney, New South Wales

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 308-315

  Treloar, Carla ^a   Cao, Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers to health care; Injecting drug use; Needle and Syringe Programmes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SYRINGE;

EID: 25844485941     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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