International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 461-463 , December 2003

Delivering syringe exchange services through “satellite exchangers”: the Sacramento Area Needle Exchange, USA

  • Rachel Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Davis Medical Center, 4150 V Street, Suit 500, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Lynell Clancy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Davis Medical Center, 4150 V Street, Suit 500, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    • ,
  • Neil Flynn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Davis Medical Center, 4150 V Street, Suit 500, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    • ,
  • Alex Kral

      Affiliations

    • Urban Health Studies, Department of Family and Community Medicine, UC San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Ricky Bluthenthal

      Affiliations

    • Health Program, RAND & Center of AIDS, Research, Service, and Education, Department of Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University, Madison, NJ, USA

Received 1 December 2002 ,Revised 15 March 2003 ,Accepted 11 July 2003.

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PII: S0955-3959(03)00146-4

doi: 10.1016/S0955-3959(03)00146-4

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 461-463 , December 2003

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