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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...
Autores principales: | Zule, William A., Latypov, Alisher, Otiashvili, David, Kirtadze, Irma, Ibragimov, Umedjon, Bobashev, Georgiy V. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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