International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 373-379 , December 2003

Impact of expanding syringe access in New York on sources of syringes for injection drug users in Harlem and the Bronx, NYC, USA

  • Sherry Deren

      Affiliations

    • Institute for AIDS Research, Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development & Research Institutes, Inc., 71 West 23rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-212-845-4463; fax: +1-917-438-0894.
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  • Crystal Fuller

      Affiliations

    • Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • Tel.: +1-212-822-7391; fax: +1-212-876-6220.
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  • Enrique R Pouget

      Affiliations

    • Institute for AIDS Research, Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development & Research Institutes, Inc., 71 West 23rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA
    • Tel.: +1-212-845-4488; fax: +1-917-438-0894.
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  • Shannon Blaney

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    • Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • Tel.: +1-212-419-3541; fax: +1-212-876-6220.
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  • Stephanie Tortu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1140 Canal Street, Suite 2301, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
    • Tel.: +1-504-988-4535; fax: +1-504-584-3540.
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  • Sung-Yeon Kang

      Affiliations

    • Institute for AIDS Research, Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development & Research Institutes, Inc., 71 West 23rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA
    • Tel.: +1-212-845-4457; fax: +1-917-438-0894.
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  • James M McMahon

      Affiliations

    • Institute for AIDS Research, Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development & Research Institutes, Inc., 71 West 23rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA
    • Tel.: +1-212-845-4553; fax: +1-917-438-0894.
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  • Jonny F Andia

      Affiliations

    • Institute for AIDS Research, Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development & Research Institutes, Inc., 71 West 23rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA
    • Tel.: +1-212-845-4580; fax: +1-917-438-0894.
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  • Don C Des Jarlais

      Affiliations

    • Institute for AIDS Research, Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development & Research Institutes, Inc., 71 West 23rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA
    • The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, 1st Avenue and 16th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA
    • Tel.: +1-212-387-3803/845-4463; fax: +1-212-387-3897/917-438-0894.
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  • Bruce Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Special Populations Research, National Development & Research Institutes, Inc., 71 West 23rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA
    • Tel.: +1-212-845-4500; fax: +1-917-438-0894.
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  • Andrew Rosenblum

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Treatment and Services Research, National Development & Research Institutes, Inc., 71 West 23rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA
    • Tel.: +1-212-845-4528; fax: +1-917-438-0894.
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  • David Vlahov

      Affiliations

    • Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • Tel.: +1-212-822-7391; fax: +1-212-876-6220.

Received 1 December 2002 ,Revised 15 March 2003 ,Accepted 18 June 2003.

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PII: S0955-3959(03)00137-3

doi: 10.1016/S0955-3959(03)00137-3

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 373-379 , December 2003

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