Results of a sector-wide quality improvement initiative for substance-abuse care: an uncontrolled before-after study in Catalonia, Spain. [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: The Health Department of the Regional Government of Catalonia, Spain, issued a quality plan for substance abuse centers. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of a multidimensional quality improvement initiative in the field ...
Lopez, Rosa M +18 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2019 Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is increasingly prevalent among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the context of the current US opioid crisis.
Ellen Childs +8 more
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SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY AMONG INJECTABLE DRUG USERS IN KATHMANDU VALLEY
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2003 On the background of ever increasing HIV transmission in our community through various routes, the psychosocial factors related with intravenous drug abuse has become necessary to be studied.
Saroj Prasad Ojha +5 more
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Increasing Capacity to Detect Clusters of Rapid HIV Transmission in Varied Populations—United States
Viruses, 2021 Molecular cluster detection analyzes HIV sequences to identify rapid HIV transmission and inform public health responses. We describe changes in the capability to detect molecular clusters and in geographic variation in transmission dynamics. We examined
Alexandra M. Oster +12 more
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Other title: Connecticut substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant
, 2022 Biennial; At head of title: Connecticut.; "Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.
Connecticut. Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
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Abuse potential of propofol used for sedation in gastric endoscopy and its correlation with subject characteristics [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2013 BackgroundPropofol has been widely used for an induction and/or maintenance of general anesthesia, or for sedation for various procedures. Although it has many ideal aspects, there have been several cases of drug abuse and addiction.
Ja Hyun Kim, Heewon Byun, Jun Hyun Kim
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Socio - demographic profile of psychoactive substance users in Pokhara valley
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013 The socio-demographic profile of psychoactive substance users (excluding alcohol) attending neuropsychiatric out patient department of western regional hospital Pokhara during the period Feb. 1997 to Oct. 1998 was studied.
K D Upadhyaya
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Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2022 Aim Substance abuse and concomitant infections are important causes of morbidity and mortality. Yet, the number of epidemiological studies regarding infectious diseases in people with substance abuse are limited in our country. In this study, the aim was
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Transition from First Drug Use to Regular Injection among People Who Inject Drugs in Iran [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2018 Background: The study aimed to evaluate the interval between first drug use and regular injection and factors associated with transition from first injection into premature regular injection among people who inject drugs (PWIDs).Methods: In a multicenter
Masoomeh Koozegar +2 more
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A Geospatial Bibliometric Review of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Russian Federation
Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 Background: Increasing rates of HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia contrast global trends, but the scope of HIV/AIDS research originating from Russian Federation and countries of the former Soviet Union has not been quantified.Methods: We ...
Megan E. Gray Neils +10 more
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