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High coverage needle/syringe programs for people who inject drugs in low and middle income countries: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Persons who inject drugs (PWID) are at an elevated risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In many high-income countries, needle and syringe exchange programs (NSP) have been associated with reductions in blood-borne infections. However, we do n...

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Autores principales: Des Jarlais, Don C, Feelemyer, Jonathan P, Modi, Shilpa N, Abdul-Quader, Abu, Hagan, Holly
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3567947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23332005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-53