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Factors that influence the characteristics of needles and syringes used by people who inject drugs in Tajikistan

BACKGROUND: “Low dead space” syringes with permanently attached needles retain less fluid, blood, and HIV after use than standard “high dead space” syringes. This reduces the probability of HIV transmission if they are shared by people who inject drugs (PWID). The World Health Organization recently...

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Autores principales: Zule, William A., Latypov, Alisher, Otiashvili, David, Kirtadze, Irma, Ibragimov, Umedjon, Bobashev, Georgiy V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26472669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-015-0069-7