Taking action to reduce injecting drug-related harms in prisons: The evidence of effectiveness of prison needle exchange in six countries

International Journal of Prisoner Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-64

  Lines, Rick ^a   Jürgens, Ralf ^b   Betteridge, Glenn ^c   Stöver, Heino ^a  

^a Irish Penal Reform Trust   (Ireland)

^b Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drugs; HCV; HIV; Needle exchange; PNEP

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444438342     PISSN: 17449200     EISSN: 17449219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17449200500157085     Document Type: Review

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