Higher syringe coverage is associated with lower odds of HIV risk and does not increase unsafe syringe disposal among syringe exchange program clients

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 214-222

  Bluthenthal, Ricky N ^a,b   Anderson, Rachel ^c   Flynn, Neil M ^c   Kral, Alex H ^d,e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; HIV prevention; Injection drug use; Needle exchange programs; Syringe coverage; Syringe disposal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYRINGE;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 34248574517     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.12.035     Document Type: Article

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