Syringe exchange, injecting and intranasal drug use
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Syringe exchange, injecting and intranasal drug use.
OBJECTIVE To assess trends in injecting and non-injecting drug use after implementation of large-scale syringe exchange in New York City. The belief that implementation of syringe exchange will lead to increased drug injecting has been a persistent argument against syringe exchange. METHODS Administrative data on route of administration for primary drug of abuse among patients entering the Be...
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عنوان ژورنال: Addiction
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0965-2140,1360-0443
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02747.x