[Commentary] facilitating groin injecting behaviour: Harm reduction or harm production?

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1791-1792

  Zador, Deborah A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE DEPENDENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INJECTION SITE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; NOTE; RISK REDUCTION; VEIN INJURY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INJURY; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GROIN; HARM REDUCTION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VEINS;

EID: 35348851336     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02017.x     Document Type: Note

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