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Africa
               
Kenya

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The Rise of Injecting Drug Use in East Africa: A Case Study From Kenya.
Beckerleg S, Telfer M, Lewando Hundt G, et al 
Harm Reduct J. 2005 Aug 25;2(1):12
Abstract
Asia
               
China

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Study on the blood-borne virus co-infection and T lymphocyte subset among
intravenous drug users.
Li JR, Gong RY, Tian KL, et al  
World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Apr 28;13(16):2357-62.
 Paper
 
Thailand 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Respondent-driven sampling to assess characteristics and estimate the number of
injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand.
Wattana W, van Griensven F, Rhucharoenpornpanich O, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 May 14;
Abstract

Needle sharing among southern Thai drug injectors.
Perngmark P, Celentano DD, Kawichai S. 
Addiction. 2003 Aug;98(8):1153-61.
 Abstract
Australia/Pacific Islands
Australia              
Australia

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Injecting risk behaviour and related harm among men who use performance- and image-enhancing drugs.
Larance B, Degenhardt L, Copeland J, Dillon P
 Drug Alcohol Rev. 2008 Sep 29:1-8.
 Abstract 

Changes in patterns of drug injection concurrent with a sustained reduction in the availability of heroin in Australia.
Topp L, Day C, Degenhardt L.
 Drug Alcohol Depend 2003 Jun 5;70(3):275-86
 Abstract 
 
  Heroin purity and composition in Sydney, Australia
 Maher L, Swift W,  Dawson M.
Drug and Alcohol Review (2001) 20
 Abstract 
Europe
Slovenia
Italy
 
Drug Use Studies
 
  Relationship of personality traits and drug of choice by cocaine addicts and
heroin addicts.
Gerra G, Bertacca S, Zaimovic A, et al  
Subst Use Misuse. 2008;43(3):317-30.
Abstract

Slovenia

Drug Use Studies

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  Heroin Use in Slovenia - A Consequence or a Vehicle of Social  Changes.
Flaker V
Eur Addict Res 2002 Nov;8(4):170-176
 Abstract		  
Latin America/Caribbean
           
Brazil

           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Trends in drug resistance mutations in antiretroviral-naive intravenous drug users
of Rio de Janeiro.
Maia Teixeira SL, Bastos FI, et al
J Med Virol. 2006 Apr 20;78(6):764-769
Abstract
Mexico
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  "Vivo para consumirla y la consumo para vivir" ["I live to inject and inject to live"]:
High-Risk Injection Behaviors in Tijuana, Mexico.
 Strathdee SA, Fraga WD, Case P, et al  
J Urban Health. 2005 Sep;82(3_suppl_4):iv58-iv73.
 Abstract

Puerto Rico

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Between-city variation in frequency of injection among Puerto Rican injection
drug users: East Harlem,  New York, and Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Colon HM, Robles RR, Deren S, et al.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2001 Aug1;27(4):405-13
Abstract 
Middle East
Israel   Iran      
Israel

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Severity of heroin use in Israel: comparisons between native Israelis and former Soviet Union
immigrants.
Isralowitz R, Reznik A, Spear SE, et al 
Addiction. 2007 Feb 15
 Abstract

Family history and other characteristics of heroin-dependent Jewish males in Israel:
results of a case-control study.
Neumark Y, Friedlander Y, Bar-Hamburger R.
Isr Med Assoc J 2002 Oct;4(10):766-71
Abstract
 

  
Iran
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Profiles of risk: a qualitative study of injecting drug users in Tehran, Iran.
Razzaghi EM, Rahimia Movaghar A, et al
Harm Reduct J. 2006 Mar 18;3(1):12
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Patterns of drug use among a sample of drug users and injecting drug users attending a
General Practice in Iran.
Day CA, Nassirimanesh B, Shakeshaft A, Dolan K.
Harm Reduct J. 2006 Jan 24;3(1):2
Paper
North America
Canada   United States      
Canada

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Increasing use and associated harms of crystal methamphetamine injection in a Canadian
setting.
Fairbairn N, Kerr T, Buxton JA, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006 Nov 30;
 Abstract
 
Characterizing the drug-injecting networks of cocaine and heroin injectors in Montreal.
De P, Jolly A, Cox J, Boivin JF. et al
Can J Public Health. 2006 May-Jun;97(3):207-9.
 Abstract
 
Methodology for evaluating InSite: Canada's first medically supervised safer injecting
facility for illicit injection drug users.
Wood E, Kerr T, Lloyd-Smith E, Buchner C, et al 
Harm Reduct J. 2004 Nov 9;1(1):9
Abstract

Prior opiate injection and incarceration history predict injection drug use among inmates.
Calzavara LM, Burchell AN, Schlossberg J, et al 
Addiction. 2003 Sep;98(9):1257-1265.
 Abstract

United States

Drug Use Studies

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Estimating the Prevalence of Injection Drug Use among Black and White Adults in Large U.S.
Metropolitan Areas over Time (1992-2002): Estimation Methods and Prevalence Trends.
Cooper HL, Brady JE, Friedman SR, et al
J Urban Health. 2008 Aug 16.
Abstract
 
Injection drug users in the United States, 1979-2002: an aging population.
Armstrong GL.
Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jan 22;167(2):166-73.
 Abstract
 
What Factors Are Associated with High-Frequency Drug Treatment Use among a
Racially and Ethnically Diverse Population of Injection Drug Users?
Chassler D, Lundgren L, Lonsdale J.  
Am J Addict. 2006 Nov-Dec;15(6):440-9.
 Abstract
 
Prevalence and correlates of opiate overdose among young injection drug users in a large
U.S. city.
Sherman SG, Cheng Y, Kral AH. et al  
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006 Nov 14
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Atypical Reactions Associated With Heroin Use --- Five States, January--April 2005
CDC  
MMWR Aug 19, 2005 / 54(32);793-796
 Paper
 
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Injection Drug Use in Large US Metropolitan Areas.
Cooper H, Friedman SR, Tempalski B, et al  
Ann Epidemiol. 2005 May;15(5):326-334
 Abstract
 
Prevalence and correlates of crack-cocaine injection among young injection |
rug users in the United States, 1997-1999.
Santibanez SS, Garfein RS, Swartzendruber A, et al
 Alcohol Depend. 2005 Mar 7;77(3):227-33.
 Abstract
 
Estimating numbers of injecting drug users in metropolitan areas for structural analyses of
community vulnerability and for assessing relative degrees of service provision for injecting
drug users.
Friedman SR, Tempalski B, Cooper H, et al  
J Urban Health. 2004 Sep;81(3):377-400.
 Abstract
 
Longitudinal Patterns of Drug Injection Behavior in the ALIVE Study Cohort,
1988-2000: Description and Determinants.
Galai N, Safaeian M, Vlahov D,  
Am J Epidemiol. 2003 Oct 1;158(7):695-704.
 Abstract

Adolescent heroin use: a review of the descriptive and treatment literature.
Hopfer CJ, Khuri E, Crowley TJ, Hooks S.
J Subst Abuse Treat 2002 Oct;23(3):231
 Abstract     

Temporal Trends in the Incidence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
and Risk Behavior among Injection Drug Users  in Baltimore, Maryland, |
1988-1998.
Nelson KE, Galai N, Safaeian M, et al.
Am J Epidemiol 2002 Oct 1;156(7):641-53
 Abstract 
 
Between-city variation in frequency of injection among Puerto Rican injection
drug users: East Harlem,  New York, and Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Colon HM, Robles RR, Deren S, et al.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2001 Aug1;27(4):405-13
Abstract  

 
Russia/New Independent States
 

Albania

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  An Analysis of Respondent Driven Sampling with Injection Drug Users (IDU) in Albania and
the Russian Federation.
Stormer A, Tun W, Guli L, et al 
J Urban Health. 2006 Oct 31;
 Abstract

Russia

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  An Analysis of Respondent Driven Sampling with Injection Drug Users (IDU) in Albania and
the Russian Federation.
Stormer A, Tun W, Guli L, et al 
J Urban Health. 2006 Oct 31;
 Abstract

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