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Descriptor English:   Needle Sharing 
Descriptor Spanish:   Compartición de Agujas 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Uso Comum de Agulhas e Seringas 
Synonyms English:   Needle-Sharing
Needlesharing
Sharing, Needle
Sharing, Syringe
Syringe Sharing  
Tree Number:   I01.880.735.580
Definition English:   Usage of a single needle among two or more people for injecting drugs. Needle sharing is a high-risk behavior for contracting infectious disease. 
Indexing Annotation English:   by intravenous drug users
See Related English:   Needle-Exchange Programs
 
History Note English:   92 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects EC economics
HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends  
Record Number:   29941 
Unique Identifier:   D016485 

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