Needle exchange programs’ status in US politics

AMA Journal of Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 252-257

  Weinmeyer, Richard ^a  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INDIANA; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLITICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSMISSION; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIANA; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020318410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23766980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/journalofethic.2016.18.3.hlaw1-1603     Document Type: Article

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