Social and political factors predicting the presence of syringe exchange programs in 96 us metropolitan areas

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-447

  Tempalski, Barbara ^a   Flom, Peter L ^a   Friedman, Samuel R ^a,b   Des Jarlais, Don C ^a,c   Friedman, Judith J ^d   McKnight, Courtney ^c   Friedman, Risa ^e  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAW; POLITICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; DRUG CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CITIES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33847701231     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.065961     Document Type: Article

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