Effects of education on harm-reduction programmes

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9814, 2012, Pages

  Lyu, Shu Yu ^a,b   Su, Lien Wen ^c   Chen, Yi Ming Arthur ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INDIA; INDONESIA; MYANMAR; NEPAL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEX; TAIWAN; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

EID: 84856650004     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60786-1     Document Type: Note

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