AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury
, 2022 Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana +6 more
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Refractile foreign material deposits and alveolar hemorrhage in crack cocaine smoker
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2015 Recreational use of alkaloid free-base cocaine, also known as crack cocaine, has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Inhalation of crack cocaine is known to cause a variety of pulmonary complications.
Robert Sogomonian +5 more
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Genotoxic and Cytotoxic Potential of Smoke Crack Cocaine on the Epithelium of the Human Oral Mucosa
Journal of Dentistry Indonesia, 2016 Crack cocaine is an illicit drug derived from cocaine. It can produce some damages to the lungs and oral cavity. Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the frequency of micronuclei and some nuclear alterations in epithelial cells of crack ...
Raphaela Cássia de Lima +6 more
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Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017 Summary: Crack cocaine users represent a target group for hepatitis B vaccination. We evaluate the HBV epidemiology, immunization status and compliance with a super-accelerated vaccination schedule among in-treatment crack cocaine users in central Brazil.
Leandro N. da Silva +9 more
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Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2015 Objective:To assess the relationship between crack cocaine use and dimensions of quality of life and social functioning in young adults.Methods:This was a cross-sectional, population-based study involving 1,560 participants in Pelotas, Brazil.
Joana C.M. Narvaez +6 more
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Frequency, factors and costs associated with injection site infections: findings from a national multi-site survey of injecting drug users in England. [PDF]
, 2008 BACKGROUND: Injection site infections among injecting drug users (IDUs) have been associated with serious morbidity and health service costs in North America.
Ncube, F +14 more
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Internalizing and externalizing symptoms of crack-cocaine users
Psychologica, 2017 The present study aimed to analyse the psychopathological functioning of crack-cocaine users compared to the general population. It is a quantitative cross-sectional study.
Margareth da Silva Oliveira +3 more
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Toxicology Reports, 2019 Crack cocaine smokers inhale, alongside with cocaine, its pyrolysis product, anhydroecgonine methyl ester (AEME). We have previously described AEME neurotoxic effect and its additive effect when co-incubated with cocaine.
Raphael Caio Tamborelli Garcia +6 more
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Epidemiology, clinical features and management of patients presenting to European emergency departments with acute cocaine toxicity: comparison between powder cocaine and crack cocaine cases. [PDF]
, 2019 OBJECTIVE: To analyse the epidemiology, clinical picture and emergency department (ED) management of a large series of patients who presented to European EDs after cocaine consumption, comparing data from powder (C group) and crack (C group) consumers.
Miró, Òscar +8 more
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Mandatory minimum sentencing policies and cocaine use in the U.S., 1985–2013
BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2018 Background As of May 2017, the United States federal government renewed its prioritization for the enforcement of mandatory minimum sentences for illicit drug offenses.
Lauryn Saxe Walker, Briana Mezuk
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