Recent incarceration independently associated with syringe sharing by injection drug users

Authors :: Wood, Evan
Li, Kathy
Small, Will
Montaner, Julio S.
Schechter, Martin T.
Kerr, Thomas
Source :: Public Health Reports. March-April, 2005, Vol. 120 Issue 2, p150, 7 p.
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: In North America, policy makers have responded to the HIV epidemic among injection drug users (IDUs) primarily by allocating resources to criminal justice interventions. Reliance on law enforcement has resulted […]

Subjects :: Hypodermic needles -- Risk factors
Hypodermic syringes -- Risk factors
Syringes -- Risk factors
Prisoners -- Health aspects
Prisoners -- Behavior
Intravenous drug abuse -- Risk factors
Intravenous drug abuse -- Research
HIV infection -- Research
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