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Physiological and transcriptome analysis reveals the differences in nitrate content between lamina and midrib of flue-cured tobacco

Scientific Reports, 2022
Nitrate is an important precursor of tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) and a remarkable difference in nitrate accumulation between lamina and midrib of flue-cured tobacco has long been observed.
Yuqing Feng, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yafei Li, Jun Zhou, Yujing Li, Hongzhi Shi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Critical appraisal of the European Union Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) Preliminary Opinion on electronic cigarettes

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background In preparation for the 2021 revision of the European Union Tobacco Products Directive, the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) has posted its Preliminary Opinion on Electronic Cigarettes.
Renée O’Leary, Riccardo Polosa, Giovanni Li Volti, the Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR)   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The importance of drug checking outside the context of nightlife in Slovenia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background The main purpose of the research was to evaluate the implementation of the drug checking service in Slovenia and to obtain the opinion of users included in harm reduction programmes for high-risk drug users and of drug users in nightlife ...
Matej Sande, Simona Šabić
doaj   +1 more source

“They don’t go by the law around here”: law enforcement interactions after the legalization of syringe services programs in North Carolina

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background In 2016, the US state of North Carolina (NC) legalized syringe services programs (SSPs), providing limited immunity from misdemeanor syringe possession when law enforcement is presented documentation that syringes were obtained from an SSP ...
Brandon Morrissey, Tamera Hughes, Bayla Ostrach, Loftin Wilson, Reid Getty, Tonya L. Combs, Jesse Bennett, Jennifer J. Carroll   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

What Goes Around: the process of building a community-based harm reduction research project

Harm Reduction Journal, 2017
Background Often, research takes place on underserved populations rather than with underserved populations. This approach can further isolate and stigmatize groups that are already made marginalized. What Goes Around is a community-based research project
Chelsea Jalloh, Shohan Illsley, John Wylie, Paula Migliardi, Ethan West, Debbie Stewart, Javier Mignone   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A step change model analysis of the establishment of pill testing in one Australian jurisdiction

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
This paper applies the theory of change model (Kotter in Harv Bus Rev 2:59–67, 1995; Moore et al. in Viet Nam J Public Health 1(1):66–75, 2013) to describe the pathway that lead to Australia’s first pill testing/drug checking services in Canberra, in the
David Caldicott, Toni Makkai, Malcolm McLeod, Stephanie Tzanetis, Gino Vumbaca   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

“We’ve Been Researched to Death”: Exploring the Research Experiences of Urban Indigenous Peoples in Vancouver, Canada

International Indigenous Policy Journal, 2018
The belief among many Indigenous Peoples of being over-researched, often through questionable research practices, has generated mistrust towards researchers.
Ashley Goodman, Rob Morgan, Ron Kuehlke, Shelda Kastor, Kim Fleming   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar, Denise M. Connolly, Ellen Kellington, Elyse Zelunka, Karla Kerrigan, Furqan Shaikh, Paul C. Nathan, Meredith S. Irwin, Sarah Cohen‐Gogo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

High-dose naloxone formulations are not as essential as we thought

Harm Reduction Journal
Naloxone is an effective FDA-approved opioid antagonist for reversing opioid overdoses. Naloxone is available to the public and can be administered through intramuscular (IM), intravenous (IV), and intranasal spray (IN) routes.
Paige M. Lemen, Daniel P. Garrett, Erin Thompson, Megan Aho, Christina Vasquez, Ju Nyeong Park   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of different types of migration on symptoms of anxiety or depression and experience of violence among people who use or inject drugs in Kachin State, Myanmar

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Evidence on the social determinants of mental health conditions and violence among people who inject or use drugs (PWUD) is limited, particularly in conflict-affected countries.
Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Lucy Platt, Murdo Bijl, Sujit D. Rathod, Aung Yu Naing, Bayard Roberts   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source