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Preventing and curtailing injecting drug use: a review of opportunities for developing and delivering 'route transition interventions'

Neil Hunt, Paul Griffiths, Mathew Southwell, Garry Stillwell, John Strang Invicta Community Care NHS Trust, Maidstone; National Addiction Centre (Institute of Psychiatry/The Maudsley), Addiction Sciences Building, Windsor Walk, London; Respect Drug Users Union, UK
Pages 441-451 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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