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Titre :	Syringe Disposal Among Injection Drug Users in San Francisco. (2011)
Auteurs :	Lynn-D WENGER ; Lisa CARPENTER ; Grant COLFAX ; Dara GECKELER ; KRAL (Alex-H) : USA. Department of Family and Community Medicine. University of California. San Francisco. ; Alexis-N Martinez ; Hiv Prevention Section. San Francisco Department of Public Health. San Francisco. USA ; Rti International. San Francisco. CA. USA
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of public health (vol. 101, n° 3, 2011)
Pagination :	484-486
Langues :	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Toxicomanie ; Seringue ; Voie intraveineuse ; Amérique ; Amérique du Nord
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS s9ACR0x9. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. To assess the prevalence of improperly discarded syringes and to examine syringe disposal practices of injection drug users (IDUs) in San Francisco, we visually inspected 1000 random city blocks and conducted a survey of 602 IDUs. We found 20 syringes on the streets we inspected. IDUs reported disposing of 13% of syringes improperly. In multivariate analysis, obtaining syringes from syringe exchange programs was found to be protective against improper disposal, and injecting in public places was predictive of improper disposal. Few syringes posed a public health threat.

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