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Effectiveness of needle and syringe Programmes in people who inject drugs – An overview of systematic reviews

Fernandes, Ricardo M, Cary, Maria, Duarte, Gonçalo, Jesus, Gonçalo, Alarcão, Joana, Torre, Carla, Costa, Suzete, Costa, João, Carneiro, António Vaz·2017·BMC Public Health
DOI 10.1186/s12889-017-4210-2PMC PMC5387338
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Fig. 1 Screening decisions up to date as of 30Jun2015. Original search date 12May2015CC BY · PubMed Central
Fig. 2 Studies selected for inclusion classified by outcome(s) reported and strategy for data synthesis. *Grey shaded boxes represent the outcome reported in the reviews indicated in the right column. “HIV”, ”HCV” and “Injecting risk behaviours” is used to classify the reviews that reported the impact of NSP in the number of HIV infections, number of HCV infections and change in injection behavior. The reviews are also presented in the right column by strategy used for data synthesis
Fig. 2 Studies selected for inclusion classified by outcome(s) reported and strategy for data synthesis. *Grey shaded boxes represent the outcome reported in the reviews indicated in the right column. “HIV”, ”HCV” and “Injecting risk behaviours” is used to classify the reviews that reported the impact of NSP in the number of HIV infections, number of HCV infections and change in injection behavior. The reviews are also presented in the right column by strategy used for data synthesisCC BY · PubMed Central

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Authors
Fernandes, R. M., Cary, M., Duarte, G., Jesus, G., Alarcão, J., Torre, C., Costa, S., Costa, J., & Carneiro, A. V.
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BMC Public Health
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2017-04-11
Volume
17
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1
ISSN
1471-2458
DOI
10.1186/s12889-017-4210-2
PMC
PMC5387338
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