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. 2020 Jul/Aug;135(1_suppl):10S-12S.
doi: 10.1177/0033354920936233.

Making the Case for Syringe Services Programs

Jerome M Adams

Making the Case for Syringe Services Programs

Jerome M Adams. Public Health Rep. 2020 Jul/Aug.
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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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