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Estimating the Burden of Disease from Unsafe Injections in India: A Cost–benefit Assessment of the Auto-disable Syringe in a Country with Low Blood-borne Virus Prevalence
BACKGROUND: Unsafe medical injections are a prevalent risk factor for viral hepatitis and HIV in India. OBJECTIVES: This review undertakes a cost–benefit assessment of the auto-disable syringe, now being introduced to prevent the spread of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodefici...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361807/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22654281 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.96093 |