Safe syringe disposal is related to safe syringe access among HIV-positive injection drug users

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 652-662

  Coffin, Phillip ^g   Latka, Mary H ^a   Latkin, Carl ^b,g   Wu, Yingfeng ^a   Purcell, David W ^c   Metsch, Lisa ^d,g   Gomez, Cynthia ^e,g   Gourevitch, Marc N ^f   Knowlton, Amy ^g   Tobin, Karin ^g   Valverde, Eduardo ^g   Wilkinson, James ^g   DeVarona, Martina ^g   Latka, Mary ^g   Vlahov, Dave ^g   Gourevitch, Marc ^g   Arnsten, Julia ^g   Gern, Robert ^g   Knight, Kelly ^g   Rose, Carol Dawson ^g   Shade, Starley ^g   Mackenzie, Sonja ^g   Purcell, David ^h   Mizuno, Yuko ^h   Santibanez, Scott ^h   Garfein, Richard ^h   O'Leary, Ann ^h   Eldred, Lois ⁱ   Handley, Kathleen ⁱ   more..

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

ⁱ HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; HIV; Injection drug user; Syringe disposal; Syringe exchange

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 34548237472     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9171-x     Document Type: Article

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