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Descriptor English: Needle Sharing
Descriptor Spanish: Compartición de Agujas
Descriptor compartición de agujas
Entry term(s) compartición de jeringas
compartimento de agujas
compartimento de jeringas
Scope note: Uso común de una única aguja o jeringa entre dos o más personas para inyectarse drogas. El uso compartido de la jeringa y aguja es un comportamiento de alto riesgo de transmisión de enfermedades infecciosas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Uso Comum de Agulhas e Seringas
Descriptor French: Partage de seringue
Entry term(s): Needle-Sharing
Needlesharing
Sharing, Needle
Sharing, Syringe
Syringe Sharing
Tree number(s): I01.880.735.580
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016485
Scope note: Usage of a single needle among two or more people for injecting drugs. Needle sharing is a high-risk behavior for contracting infectious disease.
Annotation: by intravenous drug users
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
EC economics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Needles (1985-1991)
Substance Abuse (1985-1991)
Syringes (1985-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Related: Needle-Exchange Programs MeSH
DeCS ID: 29941
Unique ID: D016485
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/03
Revision Date: 1994/05/23
Needle Sharing - Preferred
Concept UI M0025168
Scope note Usage of a single needle among two or more people for injecting drugs. Needle sharing is a high-risk behavior for contracting infectious disease.
Preferred term Needle Sharing
Entry term(s) Needle-Sharing
Needlesharing
Sharing, Needle
Sharing, Syringe
Syringe Sharing



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