Needle Sharing

Needle Sharing is a health risk behavior involving the use of contaminated syringes or injecting equipment by multiple individuals, primarily distinguishing it from other substance use practices through the direct transmission risk of blood-borne pathogens.

847

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41K

Citations

2.7K

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936

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Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Syringe Sharing

Parents

Health Risk Behaviors

Publications

847

Needle exchange is not enough

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

Public Health, Community Health, Health Sciences +14

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

Public Health, Infectious Diseases, Hiv Control +10

Risk of Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Young Adult Injection Drug Users Who Share Injection Equipment

Lorna E. Thorpe · American Journal of Epidemiology · 2002 · 449 citations · Full text

Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Preventive Medicine +13

Randomized Controlled Trial of Audio Computer-assisted Self-Interviewing: Utility and Acceptability in Longitudinal Studies

David S. Metzger, Beryl A. Koblin, Charles F. Turner et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology · 2000 · 445 citations

Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, Preventive Medicine +17

Effectiveness of needle-exchange programmes for prevention of HIV infection

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

Public Health, Infectious Diseases, Preventive Medicine +13

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Authors

2.7K

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Steffanie A. Strathdee
University of California San Diego, United States
29 publications · 2.7K citations
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David Vlahov
Johns Hopkins University, United States
31 publications · 2.1K citations
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Don C. Des Jarlais
Mount Sinai Beth Israel, United States
27 publications · 1.6K citations
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Carl A. Latkin
Johns Hopkins University, United States
19 publications · 1.1K citations
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Ricky N. Bluthenthal
University of Southern California, United States
17 publications · 1.1K citations
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Institutions

936

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Venues

AIDS
32 publications · 3K citations
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PubMed
Repository · 63 publications · 2.7K citations
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JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
32 publications · 1.4K citations
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Addiction
33 publications · 1.9K citations
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International Journal of Drug Policy
44 publications · 1.7K citations
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