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Auteur M. HICKMAN |
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J. M. KESTEN ; R. AYRES ; J. NEALE ; J. CLARK ; P. VICKERMAN ; M. HICKMAN ; S. REDWOOD |Background: It is recommended that needle and syringe programmes (NSP) distribute low dead space syringes (LDSS) to reduce blood-borne virus transmission. We explored the acceptability of detachable LDSS among people who inject drugs (PWID) and [...]Nouveauté
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R. MELOTTI ; J. HERON ; M. HICKMAN ; J. MACLEOD ; R. ARAYA ; G. LEWIS |Objective: To examine the association between use of alcohol and cigarettes among adolescents and their early socioeconomic background. Methods: Members of a longitudinal birth cohort (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children [ALSPAC], Un[...]![]()
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A. I. STIBY ; M. HICKMAN ; M. R. MUNAFO ; J. HERON ; V. L. YIP ; J. MACLEOD |Aims: To investigate the relationship between cannabis and tobacco use by age 15 and subsequent educational outcomes. Design: Birth cohort study. Setting: England. Participants: The sample was drawn from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents[...]![]()
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C. ACEIJAS ; E. OPPENHEIMER ; G. V. STIMSON ; R. E. ASHCRAFT ; S. MATIC ; M. HICKMAN | 2006Objective: To describe and estimate the availability of antiretroviral treatment (ART) to injecting drug users (IDUs) in developing and transitional countries. Methods: Literature review of grey and published literature and key informants' commu[...]![]()
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C. ANGUS ; R. PRYCE ; J. HOLMES ; F. DE VOCHT ; M. HICKMAN ; P. MEIER ; A. BRENNAN ; D. GILLESPIE |BACKGROUND AND AIMS: When measuring inequalities in health, public health and addiction research has tended to focus on differences in average life-span between socio-economic groups. This does not account for the extent to which age of death va[...]![]()
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O. MORGAN ; C. GRIFFITHS ; M. HICKMAN | 2007ENGLISH : BACKGROUND: The UK heroin market is the biggest in Europe and approximately 70% of heroin deaths are due to fatal poisoning. Methadone treatment for heroin addiction in the UK, the 'British system', is unique as it is largely provide[...]![]()
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L. A. HINES ; A. TRICKEY ; J. LEUNG ; S. LARNEY ; A. PEACOCK ; L. DEGENHARDT ; S. COLLEDGE ; M. HICKMAN ; J. GREBELY ; E. B. CUNNINGHAM ; J. STONE ; K. DUMCHEV ; P. GRIFFITHS ; P. VICKERMAN ; R. P. MATTICK ; M. LYNSKEY |BACKGROUND: Globally, an estimated 15.6 million people inject drugs. We aimed to investigate global variation in the age profile of people who inject drugs (PWID), identify country-level factors associated with age of PWID, and assess the associ[...]![]()
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C. COMISKEY ; A. L. BRETTEVILLE-JENSEN ; H. BERGERON ; G. BUHRINGER ; P. DARGAN ; M. DAVOLI ; F. FAGGIANO ; G. FISCHER ; F. RODRIGUEZ DE FONSECA ; H. GARRETSEN ; M. HICKMAN ; D. J. KORF ; K. KRAJEWSKI ; L. PAOLI ; R. SPANAGEL |With the breadth of new psychoactive substances and international policy changes, an analysis of specific responses in all areas of drug supply and demand is beyond the resources of a single country. The Scientific Committee of the European Moni[...]![]()
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Aims: To investigate the impact of scaling-up opiate substitution therapy (OST) and high coverage needle and syringe programmes (100%NSP - obtaining more sterile syringes than you inject) on HCV prevalence among injecting drug users (IDUs). De[...]![]()
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V. D. HOPE ; M. HICKMAN ; K. TILLING | 2005ENGLISH : Aim : To estimate the prevalence of crack cocaine use in 12 London Boroughs (and London as a whole). Setting : Twelve London Boroughs, 2000-01. Methods : (1) Covariate capture-recapture techniques applied to three data sources of sub[...]![]()
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BACKGROUND: Interventions such as opiate substitution therapy (OST) and high-coverage needle and syringe programs (HCNSP) cannot substantially reduce hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID). HCV antiviral treatmen[...]![]()
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M. FRISCHER ; M. HICKMAN ; L. KRAUS ; F. MARIANI ; L. WIESSING | 2001ENGLISH : Aims. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has produced methodological guidelines for national drug prevalence estimation. This paper pilots the methods to estimate prevalence for Great Britain and pro[...]![]()
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N. GOULDING ; M. HICKMAN ; M. REID ; E. J. AMUNDSEN ; J. A. BAZ-LOMBA ; J. W. O'BRIEN ; B. J. TSCHARKE ; P. DE VOOGT ; E. EMKE ; W. KUIJPERS ; W. HALL ; H. E. JONES |AIMS: To compare long-term trends in wastewater data with other indicators of stimulant use in three locations and to test the reliability of estimates based on 1 week of sampling. DESIGN: Comparison of trends in quantities ('loads') of stimula[...]![]()
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R. MCGOVERN ; L. CROWE ; M. ADDISON ; M. HICKMAN ; J. KIDGER ; E. MCCOLL ; D. NEWBURY-BIRCH ; E. KANER |Heavy alcohol use and associated needs are prevalent amongst arrestees. The custody suite offers an opportunity to identify and intervene with this population. However, it is unclear whether functions of care can be effectively delivered within [...]![]()
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M. HICKMAN ; M. GRIFFIN ; J. MOTT ; J. CORKERY ; P. MADDEN ; SONDHI A. ; G. STIMSON | 2004ENGLISH : Aims : We discuss the Addicts Index (AI) and examine whether the epidemiological trends of the AI can be continued by the regional drug misuse databases (DMDs, now known as National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS). Methods :[...]