International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 148-149 , June 2005

Measuring the public health impact of police activities on illicit drug users

  • Evan Wood

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 604 806 9116; fax: +1 604 806 9044.
    • ,
  • Thomas Kerr

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6

Received 31 March 2005 ,Accepted 7 April 2005.

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PII: S0955-3959(05)00048-4

doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.04.001

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 148-149 , June 2005

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