International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 399-405 , December 2003

New challenges for agency based syringe exchange schemes: analysis of 11 years of data (1991–2001) in Merseyside and Cheshire, United Kingdom

Received 1 December 2002 ,Revised 15 March 2003 ,Accepted 20 June 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0955-3959(03)00141-5

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 399-405 , December 2003