| Title |
The impact of citrate introduction at UK syringe exchange programmes: a retrospective cohort study in Cheshire and Merseyside, UK
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Harm Reduction Journal, December 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/1477-7517-4-21 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Caryl M Beynon, Jim McVeigh, Martin Chandler, Michelle Wareing, Mark A Bellis |
| Abstract |
In 2003, it became legal in the UK for syringe exchange programmes (SEPs) to provide citrate to injecting drug users to solubilise heroin. Little work has been undertaken on the effect of policy change on SEP function. Here, we examine whether the introduction of citrate in Cheshire and Merseyside SEPs has altered the number of heroin/crack injectors accessing SEPs, the frequency at which heroin/crack injectors visited SEPs and the number of syringes dispensed. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 13 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 5 | 38% |
| Other | 3 | 23% |
| Professor | 1 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 3 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 46% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 8% |
| Engineering | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 31% |
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