Syringe exchange programs in Brazil: Preliminary assessment of 45 programs

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 761-770

  Da Fonseca, Elize Massard ^a   Ribeiro, José Mendes ^a   Bertoni, Neilane ^a   Bastos, Francisco I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Intravenous Substance Abuse; Syringe Exchange Programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646267416     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2006000400015     Document Type: Review

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