Open AccessSpatial Access to Syringe Exchange Programs and Pharmacies Selling Over-the-Counter Syringes as Predictors of Drug Injectors' Use of Sterile Syringes
Author(s) -
Hannah L.F. Cooper,
Don C. Des Jarlais,
Zev Ross,
Barbara Tempalski,
Brian H. Bossak,
Samuel R. Friedman
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2009.184580
Subject(s) - syringe , pharmacy , medicine , drug , environmental health , family medicine , pharmacology , psychiatry
We examined relationships of spatial access to syringe exchange programs (SEPs) and pharmacies selling over-the-counter (OTC) syringes with New York City drug injectors' harm reduction practices.