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. 2011 Mar;101(3):389-90; author reply 390.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300048.

Should we move from syringe exchange to distribution?

Linda Drach, Jessica Guernsey, Julie E Maher, Maureen Rumptz, Mike Stark, Kathryn Pranian, Carol Casciato
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Should we move from syringe exchange to distribution?

Linda Drach et al. Am J Public Health. 2011 Mar.
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Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, 2010: An American aid worker after a failed attempt to deliver desperately needed food to 700 Haitians. Photographer: Peter van Agtmael. Printed with permission of Magnum Photos.
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