The syringe gap: an assessment of sterile syringe need and acquisition among syringe exchange program participants in New York City
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The syringe gap: an assessment of sterile syringe need and acquisition among syringe exchange program participants in New York City
BACKGROUND Programmatic data from New York City syringe exchange programs suggest that many clients visit the programs infrequently and take few syringes per transaction, while separate survey data from individuals using these programs indicate that frequent injecting - at least daily - is common. Together, these data suggest a possible "syringe gap" between the number of injections performed b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Harm Reduction Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1477-7517
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-6-1