Evidence for the effectiveness of sterile injecting equipment provision in preventing hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus transmission among injecting drug users: a review of reviews.

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Published in Addiction on March 02, 2010

Authors

Norah Palmateer1, Jo Kimber, Matthew Hickman, Sharon Hutchinson, Tim Rhodes, David Goldberg

Author Affiliations

1: Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, UK. norah.palmateer@nhs.net

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