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AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury

, 2022
Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana, Iris Liou, Adrian Reuben, Ayako Suzuki, M. Isabel Fiel, William Lee, Victor Navarro   +6 more
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Smoked cocaine in socially-depressed areas [PDF]

, 2010
Background: The main objectives of this study are to describe the smoked cocaine user's profile in socially-depressed areas and their needs from a harm-reduction perspective, to investigate their use of smoking crack and compare the acute effects between
Pons-Prat, Montserrat, Olga Díaz, Delás, Jordi, Elena Adán, Pons Montserrat, Díaz Olga, Aguas Compaired, M. (Margarita), Adan, Elena, Adán Elena, Margarita Aguas, Diaz, Olga, Montserrat Pons, Aguas Margarita, Jordi Delas, Delas Jordi, Fuertes Ricardo, Ricardo Fuertes, Fuertes, Ricardo   +17 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, Priscila Ferraz, Cassiano Lima Chaiben, Ângela Fernandes, Maria Ângela Naval Machado, Luciana Reis Azevedo-Alanis, Antonio Adilson Soares de Lima   +6 more
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Quality of life, social functioning, family structure, and treatment history associated with crack cocaine use in youth from the general population

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, Flávio Pechansky, Karen Jansen, Ricardo T. Pinheiro, Ricardo A. Silva, Flávio Kapczinski, Pedro V. Magalhães   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low prevalence, low immunization and low adherence to full hepatitis B vaccine scheme and high-risk behaviors among crack cocaine users in central Brazil

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, Divânia D. da Silva França, Nativa H.A. Del-Rio, Megmar A. dos Santos Carneiro, Regina M.B. Martins, Rafael A. Guimarães, Raquel S. Pinheiro, Ana L.N. Junqueira, Karlla A.A. Caetano, Sheila A. Teles   +9 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, Fernanda Cerutti, Fernanda de Almeida Ribeiro, Irani Iracema de Lima Argimon   +3 more
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi, Andrea Roccuzzo, Jean‐Claude Imber, Alexandra Stähli, Björn Klinge, Niklaus P. Lang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Anhydroecgonine methyl ester (AEME), a cocaine pyrolysis product, impairs glutathione-related enzymes response and increases lipid peroxidation in the hippocampal cell culture

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, Larissa Lobo Torres, Livia Mendonça Munhoz Dati, Ana Paula de Melo Loureiro, Solange Castro Afeche, Maria Regina Lopes Sandoval, Tania Marcourakis   +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, Hovda, Knut Erik, Dargan, Paul I, Dines, Alison M, Giraudon, Isabelle, Yates, Christopher, Galicia, Miguel, Heyerdahl, Fridtjof, Wood, David M   +8 more
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