International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 417-424 , December 2003

What predicts which metropolitan areas in the USA have syringe exchanges?

  • Barbara Tempalski

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    • National Development and Research Institutes, 71 West 23rd St., 8fl., New York, NY 10010, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-212-845-4400; fax: +1-917-438-0894.
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  • Samuel R Friedman

      Affiliations

    • National Development and Research Institutes, 71 West 23rd St., 8fl., New York, NY 10010, USA
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  • Don C Des Jarlais

      Affiliations

    • Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, First Avenue at 16th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA
    • Fax: +1-212-387-3897.
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  • Courtney McKnight

      Affiliations

    • Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, First Avenue at 16th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA
    • Fax: +1-212-387-3897.
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  • Marie Keem

      Affiliations

    • National Development and Research Institutes, 71 West 23rd St., 8fl., New York, NY 10010, USA
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  • Risa Friedman

      Affiliations

    • National Development and Research Institutes, 71 West 23rd St., 8fl., New York, NY 10010, USA

Received 1 December 2002 ,Revised 15 March 2003 ,Accepted 24 June 2003.

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International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 417-424 , December 2003

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