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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Development of a Risk Reduction Intervention to Reduce Bacterial and Viral Infections for Injection Drug Users

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Pages 54-64 | Published online: 27 Sep 2012

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Dinah Applewhite, Susan Regan, Karen Donelan, Wendy L. Macias-Konstantopoulos, Dawn Williamson, Laura G. Kehoe, Christopher Shaw & Sarah E. Wakeman. (2023) Access to safer injection equipment among people who inject drugs utilizing medical services in an urban hospital in the United States. Addiction Research & Theory 31:5, pages 321-327.
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