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Needle Exchange

Needle Exchange is a public health intervention that provides sterile hypodermic needles in exchange for used ones to reduce the transmission of bloodborne pathogens among people who inject drugs.

598

Publications

29.3K

Citations

1.6K

Authors

583

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

41

Variants

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Parents

Publications

598

Needle exchange is not enough

Steffanie A. Strathdee, David M. Patrick, Sue Currie et al. · AIDS · 1997 · 665 citations

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Hepatitis C virus treatment for prevention among people who inject drugs: Modeling treatment scale-up in the age of direct-acting antivirals

Natasha K. Martin, Peter Vickerman, Jason Grebely et al. · Hepatology · 2013 · 502 citations · Full text

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Sharing of drug preparation equipment as a risk factor for hepatitis C

Holly Hagan, Hanne Thiede, Noel S. Weiss et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 2001 · 500 citations

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From the Bottom Up

Miranda A. Schreurs · The Journal of Environment & Development · 2008 · 477 citations

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Effectiveness of needle-exchange programmes for prevention of HIV infection

Susan F. Hurley, Damien John Jolley, John Kaldor · The Lancet · 1997 · 430 citations

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Authors

1.6K

  1. SA
    Steffanie A. Strathdee

    University of California San Diego, United States

    30 publications · 2.5K citations

    25

    h-index

  2. DV
    David Vlahov

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    32 publications · 1.9K citations

    25

    h-index

  3. DC
    Don C. Des Jarlais

    Mount Sinai Beth Israel, United States

    27 publications · 1.3K citations

    21

    h-index

  4. RH
    Robert Heimer

    Yale University, United States

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

    16

    h-index

  5. SR
    Samuel R. Friedman

    National Development and Research Institutes, United States

    15 publications · 738 citations

    14

    h-index

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Institutions

583

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    34 h-index

    202 publications

    10.7K citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    23 h-index

    56 publications

    3.3K citations

  3. Mount Sinai Beth Israel

    New York, United States

    20 h-index

    56 publications

    3.1K citations

  4. National Development and Research Institutes

    New York, United States

    19 h-index

    64 publications

    2.8K citations

  5. New York Academy of Medicine

    New York, United States

    19 h-index

    40 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    19 h-index

    37 publications

    2.3K citations

  7. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    18 h-index

    52 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    17 h-index

    60 publications

    7.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Addiction

    33 publications · 2.1K citations

    26

    h-index

  2. American Journal of Public Health

    JPH · 23 publications · 1.9K citations

    21

    h-index

  3. PubMed

    Repository · 41 publications · 1.9K citations

    21

    h-index

  4. International Journal of Drug Policy

    34 publications · 1.1K citations

    20

    h-index

  5. Substance Use & Misuse

    30 publications · 853 citations

    19

    h-index

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