Giving away used injection equipment: Missed prevention message?

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Strike, Carol ^a,b   Buchman, Daniel Z ^a   Callaghan, Russell C ^a,b   Wender, Cass ^c   Anstice, Susan ^b   Lester, Brian ^d   Scrivo, Nick ^d   Luce, Janine ^a   Millson, Margaret ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Transitional Support Centre for Women who are Homeless or at Risk of Homelessness   (Canada)

^d AIDS Committee of London ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FILTER; GENDER; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEEDLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77949500616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-7-2     Document Type: Article

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