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books on: Needles The  - 8974 results

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A Needle, a Bobbin, a Strike: Women Needleworkers in America
Book by Joan M. Jensen, Sue Davidson; Temple University Press, 1984
Subjects: Labor Unions--Clothing Workers--United States, Strikes And Lockouts--Clothing Trade--United States, Women Clothing Workers--United States--History
...clothing accounting for the largest percentage. In 1912 no one seemed sure exactly how many women were at work with their needles and sewing machines. The best estimate was that over 3,000 women were accounted for, but recognized that women in outside...
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Many Faces of Gender: Roles and Relationships through Time in Indigenous Northern Communities
Book by Lisa Frink, Rita S. Shepard, Gregory A. Reinhardt; University Press of Colorado, 2002
Subjects: Ethnopsychology--North America, Gender Identity--North America, Indian Women--North America--Social Conditions, Indians Of North America--Psychology, Indians Of North America--Sexual Behavior, Inuit Women--Social Conditions, Inuit--Psychology, Inuit--Sexual Behavior, Sex Differences, Sex Role--North America
...1000. This style needle completely replaces eyed needles in the eastern Aleutian...described the grooved needle as a degenerate type...necessary to make eyed needles. Although no Aleutian...the simpler grooved needle form because eyed needles were difficult to...
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Handbook on Risk of AIDS: Injection Drug Users and Sexual Partners
Book by Barry S. Brown, George M. Beschner; Greenwood Press, 1993
Subjects: Aids (Disease)--Risk Factors, Aids (Disease)--United States, Intravenous Drug Abuse--United States, Narcotic Addicts--United States--Sexual Behavior
...virus due to unsafe needle-sharing practices...90% , using old needles 68% , and sharing...respondents report using needles with wrappers and...they use a clean needle only once at least...the subjects use needles from a wrapped package...report using a clean needle only once half the...
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Encyclopedia of Family Health - Vol. 12
Book by David B. Jacoby, Robert M. Youngson; Marshall Cavendish, 2005
Subjects: Health--Encyclopedias, Medicine, Popular--Encyclopedias
Pins and needles When I went camping recently I slept on the ground and often woke up with pins and needles in my leg. Should I be worried? Probably...fibers to work less j well. Pins and needles are your r bodys way of telling you to...
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The Drug Problem: A New View Using the General Semantics Approach
Book by Martin H. Levinson; Praeger, 2002
Subjects: Drug Abuse--United States, Drug Abuse--United States--Prevention, Semantics
...addicts were allowed to buy needles legally, there would probably be less of a shared needle problem but some argue...actually offer extra needles because they believe the reason for needle sharing is a shortage of needles.) While some pro...
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journal articles on: Needles The  - 1639 results

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Needle and Syringe Use & Sharps Disposal by a Rural Population
Journal article by M.L. Russell, G.F. Ross, D. Richen; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 58, 1995
Subjects: Hypodermic needles--Usage, Refuse and refuse disposal--Evaluation, Rural population--Waste management, Syringes--Usage, Waste disposal--Evaluation
...medications requiring a needle and syringe...disposition of these needles was obtained in...using the same needle on more than one...final disposal of needles was considered...the frequency of needle use and the number of needles disposed of per...
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A Cultural Impact of Needle Exchange: the Role of Safer-injection Mentors
Journal article by Margaret S. Kelley, Sheigla Murphy, Howard Lune; Contemporary Drug Problems, Vol. 28, 2001
Subjects: Drug use, Needle exchange programs, Prevention, San Francisco California
...exchange or knew of needle exchange. Many...schedule to exchange needles for their own safety...mentor and did share needles with her current...did not use the needle-exchange program...equipment other than needles from needle exchange. For example...
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Removing Needles from Trash in Indiana: A Necessary Effort
Journal article by David D. Lamm, Sharon Adams; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 70, 2007
Subjects: County government--Services, County government--Waste management, Diabetics--Waste management, Hypodermic needles--Management, Hypodermic syringes--Management, Medical wastes--Management, Syringes--Management
...as 3 billion used needles or syringes are...States. Current needle disposal regulations...are no match for needles. * Needle stick injuries on...protection from needles in the solid waste...also investigated needle generation and disposal...
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Cost Effectiveness of Streetworks' Needle Exchange Program of Edmonton
Journal article by Philip Jacobs, Peter Calder, Marliss Taylor, Stanley Houston; Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 90, 1999
Subjects: Costs, Edmonton Alberta Canada, Health care, Needle exchange programs, Public health
...What percentage of needles would you share if there wasnt a needle exchange program...sharing contaminated needles should be somewhat...those of accidental needle-stick injuries...of used or shared needles (12:34) if the needle exchange program...
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Pricking the Male Ego: Pins and Needles in Flaubert, Maupassant, and Zola
Journal article by Mary Donaldson-Evans; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, 2002
Subjects: Authors, French--Criticism and interpretation, Flaubert, Gustave--Criticism and interpretation, French literature--19th century AD, French writers--Criticism and interpretation, Maupassant, Guy de--Criticism and interpretation, Men--Portrayals, Pins and needles--Portrayals, Sewing supplies--Portrayals, Sewing--Portrayals, Tailors--Portrayals, Women--Portrayals, Zola, Emile--Criticism and interpretation
...role played by pins and needles in cultural history necessarily...Taylors "In Praise of the Needle," in which the seventeenth...tongues less and their needles more" (Parker 86...and Freud 13). The needle itself could be hazardous...cases of women ingesting needles, the most notable case...
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magazine articles on: Needles The  - 1789 results

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Forge Mill Needle Museum
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 46, August 1996
Subjects: Industrial museums--England, Pins and needles--Galleries and museums, Worcestershire, England--Galleries and museums
...around 400 million needles. Another survivor is Forge Mill, a needle-scouring works...fashioned gramophone needles, too, and various...types of surgical needle for different...offshoot from needles - a fishing hook is a curved needle with a barb...
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Needle Exchange Comes of Age; Fighting AIDS in the Streets
Magazine article by David L. Kirp; The Nation, Vol. 256, April 26, 1993
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, Needle exchange programs--Planning
...crusade to get clean needles into the hands of...more than a hundred needle-exchange advocates...users access to clean needles .... In 1987...development of a needle/ syringe exchange...Mayor added that needle exchange remains...possession of hypodermic needles without a prescription...
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Vita Needle Finds Vital Employees among the Elderly
Magazine article by Caroline Louise Cole; Workforce, Vol. 79, November 2000
Subjects: Human resource management, Manufacturers, Older workers, United States, Vita Needle Co
...35 employees at Vita Needle, most on the factory...hollow steel into syringe needles are well into their 80s...the average age at Vita Needle hovers around 76, but...embalming suites. The needles also are used in the...hefty 48-inch long needle for injecting killer...
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Clinton Endorsees Free Needles, Withholds Funding for Now
Magazine article; Human Events, Vol. 54, May 1, 1998
Subjects: Drug abuse, Federal funding, Medical supplies, Needle exchange programs
...addicts be given free needles as long as they bring in their used needles to exchange for the...to implement free-needle programs, although...federal opposition to needle exchange to justify...effectiveness of free needles in reducing AIDS transmission...
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N.y. Pharmacists Urged to Sell Needles to Curb Spread of Aids
Magazine article by Judy Chi; Drug Topics, Vol. 146, August 5, 2002
Subjects: AIDS, Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Guidelines, Needle exchange programs, New York, Pharmacists, State laws, United States
N.y. Pharmacists Urged to Sell Needles to Curb Spread of Aids by Judy Chi COMMUNIY...drug users (IDUs) from sharing dirty needles and catching blood-borne diseases...pharmacists to sell up to 10 hypodermic needles to customers aged 18 or older without...
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newspaper articles on: Needles The  - 6491 results

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DIRTY NEEDLES ARE NOT HANDED BACK; Addicts Fail to Safely Return 25% of Used Syringes
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), December 31, 2009
Subjects: Drug abusers, Drug addicts, Hypodermic needles, Hypodermic syringes, Syringes
...to a city centre needle exchange. The Lifeline...to swap their used needles for new ones, but...safe disposal of needles is a top priority...equipment to the needle exchange. "At every...client may use other needle exchanges or take...THROWN AWAY: Needles were left in the...
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WALES: 19,000 ...NHS Drug Needles Go Missing; DAD CALLS FOR STRICTER CONTROLS AFTER SON, 5, FINDS DISCARDED SYRINGE
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 16, 2009
Subjects: Drug abusers, Drug addicts, Hypodermic needles, Hypodermic syringes, Syringes
...called for stricter needle exchange controls...000 hypodermic needles handed to drug addicts...figures and says needle exchange programmes...should be supplying needles, if they didnt supply...frustrating. "The needle exchange programme...not just give out needles and hope the problem...
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Needles Found in Underpass; Items Remained Even after Call to Police
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), August 22, 2008
Subjects: Hypodermic needles, Hypodermic syringes, Syringes
...believe it, there were needles everywhere, spoons and...that day, though a used needle and syringe were still...come across those dirty needles, who knows what would...said: "Ive never seen needles in the street before...DISCOVERY: The bag, and a needle left behind at the scene...
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'Sorry, but You'll Have to Dispose of Them Yourself' Father Scoops Up Dirty Needles and Phones the Police
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), April 1, 2008
Subjects: Hypodermic needles, Hypodermic syringes, Syringes
...Them Yourself Father Scoops Up Dirty Needles and Phones the Police. Byline: Ben Glaze A DAD who removed dirty needles from his street was told to take them...old stepson, Dylan Thomas, found the needles in Jackson Road, Ely, Cardiff, while...
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NEEDLES DUMPED IN STREET; Mum's Fear at Discovery
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), April 17, 2009
Subjects: Hypodermic needles, Hypodermic syringes, Syringes
NEEDLES DUMPED IN STREET; Mums Fear...Discovery. Byline: ADAM JUPP USED needles were left in a city street...workers urged users to use free needle exchanges. Sgt Paul Hamilton said: "Four needles were spotted in an alleyway off...
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encyclopedia articles on: Needles The  - 37 results

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1.
Needle
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NEEDLE implement of metal...manufacturing. The earliest needles were merely awls or...have required fine needles; China is supposed...them to the West. The needle-making trade was...used for different needles, e.g., chromium...
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Needles, The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NEEDLES, THE England: see Wight, Isle of . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Cleopatra's Needles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CLEOPATRAS NEEDLES name in popular use for two obelisks of red granite from Egypt. Originally erected at Heliopolis (c.1475 b.c.) by Thutmose...
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Spanish Needles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SPANISH NEEDLES see bur marigold . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Adam's-Needle
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ADAMS-NEEDLE see yucca . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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