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Medicinal Research Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Opioid use disorder (OUD) remains a major global health challenge, and currently approved treatments (methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone) are all opioid receptor‐targeting drugs with limitations in access, adherence, stigma, and use in polysubstance use disorders. Because the dopamine D3 receptor (D3R) is enriched in limbic brain regions
Chia‐Kuei Wu +15 more
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Lead poisoning among opium users in Iran: an emerging health hazard
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2017 Background Lead (Pb) poisoning among people using opium has been an increasing problem in Iran. The present study highlights the clinical effects of lead toxicity associated with opium use in Iran, Kerman province.
Mohammad Mahdi Hayatbakhsh +10 more
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Large language models unlock large text corpora in the search for data on medicinal plants and fungi
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Millions of people worldwide depend on plants and fungi for their healthcare needs, yet our understanding of which species are used medicinally—and how—remains fragmented and incomplete. As part of Kew's Plants for Health service, we developed a pipeline to mine large text corpora for information on natural products, initially focusing on the medicinal
Adam Richard‐Bollans +6 more
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Opium and the beginnings of Chinese capitalism in Southeast Asia [PDF]
, 2002 This paper deals with the relationship between opium revenue farming and the development of capitalist enterprises in Southeast Asia. It examines the role which opium played in the transformation of all Asian economies during the late eighteenth and ...
Trocki, Carl A.
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Lead Serum Levels in Opium-Dependent Individuals [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2010 Backgrond: Drug abuse, especially opium abuse, is a major public health problem in Iran. Recent reports suggest that opium sellers cheat their customers by adding lead to the opium. Contaminated opium can threaten the health of consumers.
Mohammad Mehdi Hayatbakhsh Abbasi +3 more
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Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
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Overexpression of Adiponectin Receptors in Opium Users with and without Cancer
Clinical Pharmacology: Advances and Applications, 2020 Negar Firouzabadi,1– 3 Maral Haghnegahdar,1 Bahman Khalvati,4 Ali Dehshahri,5 Ehsan Bahramali6 1Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 2Pharmaceutical Sciences Research ...
Firouzabadi N +4 more
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article considers travel writings by metropolitan men in Republican China about Shanxi and western Inner Mongolia as a case study to further explore the transformations and continuities of Chinese masculinities. Drawing upon a range of popular travel narratives, it shows that so‐called “Worn‐Out Shoes (poxie)” – women perceived as ...
Amanda Zhang
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Effects of Opium Smoking Cessation on the Nasopharyngeal Microbial Flora [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2010 Background: To determine the effect of opium smoking cessation on the frequency and type of microorganisms in the nasopharynx of opium smokers. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study performed in psychology and ENT department of Moradi Hospital of
Ali Golshiri +7 more
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