Clean needles and bad blood: Needle exchange as morality policy

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-141

  Bowen, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV prevention; Injection drug use; Morality policy; Needle exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865133144     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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