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General Reports
             

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Are feelings of responsibility to limit the sexual transmission of HIV associated with safer sex
among HIV-positive injection drug users?
Latka MH, Mizuno Y, Wu Y, et al  
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Nov 1;46 Suppl 2:S88-95.
Abstract
 
Unstable housing, associated risk behaviour, and increased risk for HIV infection among
injection drug users.
Corneil TA, Kuyper LM, Shoveller J, et al  
Health Place. 2006 Mar;12(1):79-85.
 Abstract
 
Binge Drug Use Independently Predicts HIV Seroconversion Among Injection Drug Users:
Implications for Public Health Strategies.
Miller CL, Kerr T, Frankish JC, et al  
Subst Use Misuse. 2006;41(2):199-210.
 Abstract
 
The social structural production of HIV risk among injecting drug users.
Rhodes T, Singer M, Bourgois P, Friedman SR, Strathdee SA. 
Soc Sci Med. 2005 Sep;61(5):1026-44.
 Abstract

Social support and zero sharing risk among hazardously drinking injection drug users.
Stein MD, Charuvastra A, Anderson BJ.
J Subst Abuse Treat 2002 Oct;23(3):2
 Abstract

  
Alcohol
             

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Hazardous Drinking and HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Injection Drug Users in Developing
and Transitional Countries.
Arasteh K, Des Jarlais DC;  
AIDS Behav. 2008 Nov 21.
Abstract

Alcohol and HIV risk taking among intravenous drug users.
Stein MD, Charuvastra A, Anderson B, et al.
Addict Behav 2002 Sep-Oct;27(5):727-36
 Abstract

  
Crack Cocaine
           
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
An ethno-epidemiological model for the study of trends in illicit drug use: reflections on the
'emergence' of crack injection.
Clatts MC, Welle DL, Goldsamt LA, Lankenau SE.
Int J Drug Policy. 2002 Oct;13(4):285-296.
Paper

Crack cocaine use and other risk factors for tuberculin positivity in drug users.
Howard AA, Klein RS, Schoenbaum EE, Gourevitch MN.
Clin Infect Dis 2002 Nov 15;35(10):1183-90
 Abstract

  
Ecstasy
           
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Ecstasy use and its association with sexual behaviors among drug users in New York City.
Novoa RA, Ompad DC, Wu Y, et al 
J Community Health. 2005 Oct;30(5):331-43.
Abstract		  
Heroin
           
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Heroin overdose among young injection drug users in San Francisco.
Ochoa KC, Davidson PJ, Evans JL et al 
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005 Jun 13;
 Abstract
 
Heroin overdose among young injection drug users in San Francisco.
Ochoa KC, Davidson PJ, Evans JL
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005 Jun 13;
 Abstract

Changes in route of drug administration among continuing heroin users: outcomes
1 year after intake to treatment.
Gossop M, Stewart D, Marsden J, et al
Addict Behav. 2004 Aug;29(6):1085-94.
 Abstract
Methamphetamine
             
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries       
  
  Predictors of methamphetamine injection in out-of-treatment IDUs.
Corsi KF, Kwiatkowski CF, Booth RE.
Subst Use Misuse. 2009;44(3):332-42.
 Abstract
Syringe/Needle/Equipment Studies
            

General Reports

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Correlates of lending needles/syringes among HIV-seropositive injection drug users.
Metsch LR, Pereyra M, Purcell DW, et al 
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Nov 1;46 Suppl 2:S72-9
 Abstract
 
Lower syringe sharing and re-use after syringe legalization in Rhode Island.
Rich JD, Hogan JW, Wolf F, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Mar 24;
Abstract
 
Shooting Gallery Operation in the Context of Establishing a Medically Supervised
Injecting Center: Sydney, Australia.
Kimber J, Dolan K.
J Urban Health. 2007 Feb 2
 Abstract
 
Clustering of Syringe Sharing and Unprotected Sex Risk Behaviors in Male Injecting Drug
Users in China.
Lau JT, Cheng F, Tsui HY, et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2007 Jan 30;
Abstract
 
Higher syringe coverage is associated with lower odds of HIV risk and does not increase
unsafe syringe disposal among syringe exchange program clients.
Bluthenthal RN, Anderson R, Flynn NM, Kral AH.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Feb 3
Abstract
 
Multiperson Use of Syringes Among Injection Drug Users in a Needle Exchange Program:
A Gene-Based Molecular Epidemiologic Analysis.
Shrestha S, Smith MW, Broman KW, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006 Sep 14;
Abstract
 
Circumstances surrounding the first injection experience and their association
with future syringe sharing behaviors in young urban injection drug users.
Novelli LA, Sherman SG, Havens JR, et al   
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005 Mar 7;77(3):303-9.
Abstract
 
Secondary Syringe Exchange Among Injection Drug Users.
Snead J, Downing M, Lorvick J, et al
J Urban Health. 2003 Jun 1;80(2):330-348.
Abstract

Two- to Sixfold Decreased Odds of HIV Risk Behavior Associated With Use of
Syringe Exchange.
 Gibson DR, Brand R, Anderson K, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2002 Oct 1;31(2):237-42
 Abstract
 
Risk-taking behaviors among injecting drug users who obtain syringes from
pharmacies, fixed sites, and mobile van needle exchanges.
Miller CL, Tyndall M, Spittal P, Li K, et  al.
J Urban Health 2002 Jun;79(2):257-65
 Abstract
 
Risk of hepatitis C virus infection among young adult injection drug users who
share injection equipment.
Thorpe LE, Ouellet LJ, Hershow R
Am J Epidemiol 2002 Apr 1;155(7):645-53
 Abstract

 

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Survival of HCV in Syringes: Implication for HCV Transmission among Injection Drug Users
E Paintsil, H He, C Peters, et al
(17 CROI)
 Abstract

Factors associated with buying and selling syringes among injection drug users in
a setting with one of North America's largest syringe exchange programs
L M Kuyper, P M Spittal, K Li, R S Hogg
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 

Syringe sharing among injecting drug users in Vietnam: patterns and contexts
N T Lam
 (15IAC)
 Abstract

Gender Studies

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Gender Differences in Social Network Influence among Injection Drug Users: Perceived
Norms and Needle Sharing.
Davey-Rothwell MA, Latkin CA. 
 J Urban Health. 2007 Aug 8;
Abstract

Social factors related to syringe sharing among injecting partners:a focus on gender.
Sherman SG, Latkin CA, Gielen AC.
Subst Use Misuse 2001 Dec;36(14):2113-36
 Abstract
Mental Health
             
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries       
  
  Death in the family and HIV risk-taking among intravenous drug users.
Bowser BP, Word CO, Stanton MD, Coleman SB.
Fam Process. 2003 Summer;42(2):291-304.
 Abstract
Non-Fatal Overdose
             
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries       
  
  Predictors of non-fatal overdose among a cohort of polysubstance-using injection drug users.
Kerr T, Fairbairn N, Tyndall M, et al  
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006 Sep 5;
 Abstract
Sexual Risks
             
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries       
  
  Is Sexual Serosorting Occurring Among HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users? Comparison Between
Those with HIV-Positive Partners Only, HIV-Negative Partners Only, and Those with any Partners
of Unknown Status.
Mizuno Y, Purcell DW, Latka MH, et al
AIDS Behav. 2009 Mar 24.
 Abstract
 
The relationship between self-reported sexual orientation and behavior in a sample of middle-
aged male injection drug users.
Washington TA, Galai N, Cohn S, et al 
Arch Sex Behav. 2006 Feb;35(1):67-74
 Abstract

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