Annotation: needle exchange programs--do they work?

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R A Coutinho. Am J Public Health. 1995 Nov.

. 1995 Nov;85(11):1490-1.

doi: 10.2105/ajph.85.11.1490.

¹ Department of Public Health and Environment, Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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