Access and coverage of needle and syringe programmes (NSP) in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1244-1250

  Aceijas, Carmen ^a   Hickman, Matthew ^a,e   Donoghoe, Martin C ^b   Burrows, Dave ^c   Stuikyte, Raminta ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^c AIDS Projects Management Group Australia   (Australia)

^d Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network   (Lithuania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Europe; IDU; NSP; Syringe coverage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; DATA ANALYSIS; EASTERN EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; KAZAKHSTAN; LATVIA; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOLDOVA; NEEDLE; POLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SLOVAKIA; SYRINGE; TAJIKISTAN; UKRAINE;

ASIA, CENTRAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS;

EID: 34447134887     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01848.x     Document Type: Article

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