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Lessons learned from a peri-urban needle exchange

BACKGROUND: Injection drug users continue to be at high risk of HIV and HCV. Research has shown that needle exchange programs (NEP) decrease injection frequency, reduce syringe reuse, and reduce needle sharing, though some results have been mixed. METHODS: This evaluation of a small, peri-urban, leg...

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Autores principales: Knittel, Andrea K, Wren, Patricia A, Gore, Lemont
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2868839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20429944
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-7-8