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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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Autor principal: Reid, Savanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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