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Towards An Holistic Understanding of Injecting Drug Use: An Overview of Needle Fixation

Richard M. Pates Community Addiction Unit, House 56, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0S2, Wales, UK
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Andrew J. McBride Community Addiction Unit, House 56, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0S2, Wales, UK
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Nicola Ball Community Addiction Unit, House 56, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0S2, Wales, UK
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Karin Arnold Community Addiction Unit, House 56, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0S2, Wales, UK
Pages 3-17 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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Giovan Battista Ivan Polichetti. (2023) The state of the art on needle fixation research. Journal of Substance Use 28:1, pages 5-8.
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David Giddings, George Christo & John Davy. (2003) Reasons for Injecting and Not Injecting: a qualitative study to inform therapeutic intervention. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 10:1, pages 95-104.
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