Syringe Disposal Among Injection Drug Users in San Francisco

To assess the prevalence of improperly discarded syringes and to examine syringe disposal practices of injection drug users (IDUs) in San Francisco, we visually inspected 1000 random city blocks and conducted a survey of 602 IDUs. We found 20 syringes on the streets we inspected. IDUs reported dispo...

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Main Authors: Wenger, Lynn D., Martinez, Alexis N., Carpenter, Lisa, Geckeler, Dara, Colfax, Grant, Kral, Alex H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Public Health Association 2011
Subjects:
Research and Practice
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3036677/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20466956
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2009.179531
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