International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 275-280 , August 2005

Public opinion towards supervised injecting centres and the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre

  • Hla-Hla Thein

      Affiliations

    • National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The University of New South Wales, Level 2, 376 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 9385 0878; fax: +61 2 9385 0876.
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  • Jo Kimber

      Affiliations

    • National Drug and Alcohol Centre, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    • Fax: +44 20 7594 0852.
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  • Lisa Maher

      Affiliations

    • National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The University of New South Wales, Level 2, 376 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
    • Fax: +61 2 9385 0920.
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  • Margaret MacDonald

      Affiliations

    • National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The University of New South Wales, Level 2, 376 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
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  • John M. Kaldor

      Affiliations

    • National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The University of New South Wales, Level 2, 376 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia

Received 2 December 2004 ,Revised 17 March 2005 ,Accepted 23 March 2005.

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PII: S0955-3959(05)00087-3

doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.03.003

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 275-280 , August 2005