Concepedia

Income level and drug related harm among people who use injection drugs in a Canadian setting

Cathy Long, Kora DeBeck, Cindy Feng, Julio Montaner, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr

International Journal of Drug Policy · 2013 · 52 citations · 56 references

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Concepts

Public HealthPreventive MedicineSubstance Use DisordersAccess To MedicinesAdverse Drug Event PreventionDrug Overdose PreventionDrugs Of AbusePharmacoepidemiologySubstance Abuse PreventionDrug Abuse EpidemiologyDrug Use EpidemiologyDrug User HealthIncome LevelInjecting Drug UseInjection-related Adverse EventsSocioeconomic Medication Disparities

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Public Health, Gender Studies, Sociology +17

Diacetylmorphine versus Methadone for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction

Eugenia Oviedo‐Joekes, Suzanne Brissette, David C. Marsh et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2009 · 381 citations · Full text

Medicine, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy +11

Medical prescription of heroin to treatment resistant heroin addicts: two randomised controlled trials

Wim van den Brink · BMJ · 2003 · 350 citations · Full text

Medicine, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy +15

The effects of government transfers on monthly cycles in drug abuse, hospitalization and mortality

Carlos Dobkin, Steven L. Puller · Journal of Public Economics · 2007 · 297 citations

Public Affairs, Health Policy, Public Finance +13

The Role of Sexual Transmission of HIV Infection Among Injection and Non-Injection Drug Users

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Public Health, Infectious Disease Control, Infectious Diseases +16