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BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2011 Background Despite Thailand's official reclassification of drug users as "patients" deserving care and not "criminals," the Thai government has continued to rely heavily on punitive responses to drug use such as "boot camp"-style compulsory "treatment ...
Zhang Ruth +7 more
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Contraceptive Utilization Among New Exotic Dancers: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
, 2018 Background Female exotic dancers are a population at high risk of unintended pregnancy. The objective of this study is to describe the reproductive health needs and contraceptive utilization of exotic dancers.
Martin, Caitlin E. +3 more
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Age and sharing of needle injection equipment in a cohort of Massachusetts injection drug users: an observational study [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Hepatitis C infection (HCV) among individuals aged 15–24 years has increased in Massachusetts, likely due to injection drug use. The prevalence of injection equipment sharing (sharing) and its association with age was examined in a cohort of ...
Bernstein, Edward +2 more
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Assessing the 2004-2018 fentanyl misusing issues reported to an international range of adverse reporting systems [PDF]
, 2019 © 2019 Schifano, Chiappini, Corkery and Guirguis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
Chiappini, Stephania +3 more
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Drug delivery in overcoming the blood-brain barrier: role of nasal mucosal grafting [PDF]
, 2017 The blood–brain barrier (BBB) plays a fundamental role in protecting and maintaining the homeostasis of the brain. For this reason, drug delivery to the brain is much more difficult than that to other compartments of the body. In order to bypass or cross
Carafa, Maria +5 more
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Cutaneous manifestations of injection drug use
JAAD ReviewsThe opioid crisis in the United States has led to a significant increase in the number of people who inject drugs (PWID) in the last 20 years. PWID have high risk of morbidity and mortality, and they experience diverse and severe cutaneous diseases ...
Kristen Randolph, MD +3 more
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, 2001 This paper explores the utility of expanding the harm reduction paradigm to incorporate vulnerability reduction. The thrust of harm reduction interventions to date, particularly in injection drug use, has been risk reduction. Many interventions have been
Ezard, Nadine
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
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The Epidemics of Injecting Drug Use and Blood-Borne Disease: A Public Health Perspective [PDF]
, 1997 In this article, the author first examines the mechanism by which blood-borne disease is transmitted through sharing of injection equipment. Thereafter, he presents a public health strategy for reducing multi-person use of contaminated injection ...
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Perilymph pharmacokinetics of marker applied through a cochlear implant in guinea pigs [PDF]
, 2017 Patients undergoing cochlear implantation could benefit from a simultaneous application of drugs into the ear, helping preserve residual low-frequency hearing and afferent nerve fiber populations.
Salt, Alec +5 more
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