Vienna declaration: A call for evidence-based drug policies

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9738, 2010, Pages 310-312

  Wood, Evan ^a   Werb, Dan ^a   Kazatchkine, Michel ^b   Kerr, Thomas ^a   Hankins, Catherine ^c   Gorna, Robin ^c   Nutt, David ^d   Des Jarlais, Don ^e   Barré Sinoussi, Franoise ^f   Montaner, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

DRUG ABUSE; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 77955775481     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60958-0     Document Type: Note

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