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Needle Sharing: a Longitudinal Study of Female Injection Drug Users

David W. Brook Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, U.S.A.; Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1044A, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, U.S.A.
, M.D.,
Judith S. Brook Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, U.S.A.
, Ed.D.,
Linda Richter Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, U.S.A.
, Ph.D.,
Joseph R. Masci Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, U.S.A.
, M.D. &
Josephine Roberto Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, U.S.A.
, M.S.W.
Pages 263-281 | Published online: 18 May 2000

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