How Effective are Harm Reduction Programmes for Drug Users? Some Insights from an Evaluation of the Programme at Sharan in Delhi

Journal of Health Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-236

  Priya, Kumar Ravi ^a   Singh, Siddharth ^b   Dorabjee, Jimmy ^c   Varma, Suneet ^a   Samson, Luke ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Soc for Service to Urban Poverty   (India)

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EID: 84990385581     PISSN: 09720634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097206340500700204     Document Type: Article

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