Characteristics of injecting drug users accessing different types of needle and syringe programme or using secondary distribution | Zendy

Noel Craine | Zendy; Matthew Hickman | Zendy; John Parry | Zendy; Josie Smith | Zendy; Tamara McDonald | Zendy; M Lyons | Zendy

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Characteristics of injecting drug users accessing different types of needle and syringe programme or using secondary distribution

Author(s) -

Noel Craine,

Matthew Hickman,

John Parry,

Josie Smith,

Tamara McDonald,

M Lyons

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdp131

Subject(s) - syringe , pharmacy , medicine , drug , distribution (mathematics) , medical emergency , drug user , business , environmental health , family medicine , pharmacology , psychiatry , mathematical analysis , mathematics

In the UK, needle and syringe programmes (NSP) are delivered via community pharmacies or substance misuse services (SMSNSP). Understanding the profile of drug injectors primarily using different sources of injecting equipment can help service design.

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