High coverage needle/syringe programs for people who inject drugs in low and middle income countries: a systematic review
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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...
Main Authors: | Des Jarlais Don C, Feelemyer Jonathan P, Modi Shilpa N, Abdul-Quader Abu, Hagan Holly |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2013-01-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/53 |
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