A national physician survey on prescribing syringes as an HIV prevention measure

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Access to sterile syringes is a proven means of reducing the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), viral hepatitis, and bacterial infections among injection drug users. In many U.S. states and territories, drug parapher...

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Main Authors: Macalino GE, Sachdev D Dhawan, Rich JD, Becker C, Tan LJ, Beletsky L, Burris S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Online Access:http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/4/1/13