Drug Users

"Drug Users" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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People who take drugs for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. The drugs may be legal or illegal, but their use often results in adverse medical, legal, or social consequences for the users.

Descriptor ID	D055030
MeSH Number(s)	M01.169
Concept/Terms	Drug Users Drug Users Drug User User, Drug Users, Drug Drug Abusers Abuser, Drug Abusers, Drug Drug Abuser Drug Addicts Drug Addicts

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Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Drug Users [M01.169]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drug Users" by people in this website by year, and whether "Drug Users" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 41 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2009	7	1	8
2010	2	0	2
2012	1	0	1
2013	4	1	5
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	3	4
2016	1	2	3
2017	1	0	1
2018	3	1	4
2019	2	2	4
2021	2	0	2
2022	4	0	4
2023	1	0	1
2024	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Users" by people in Profiles.

Tamargo JA, Martin HR, Diaz-Martinez J, Delgado-Enciso I, Johnson A, Bastida Rodriguez JA, Trepka MJ, Brown DR, Garba NA, Roldan EO, Hernandez Suarez Y, Marty AM, Bursac Z, Campa A, Baum MK. Drug use and COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and infection among underserved, minority communities in Miami, Florida. PLoS One. 2024; 19(4):e0297327.

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Col?n-L?pez V, Alvelo-Fern?ndez PM, Centeno-Alvarado N, Agudelo Salas IY, Rol?n Col?n Y, Pab?n Mart?nez M, Rodr?guez-Lebr?n JL, Reyes-Pulliza JC. Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with hepatitis C: a cross-sectional study of persons who inject drugs in Puerto Rico, 2018. BMC Public Health. 2023 04 18; 23(1):704.

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Guo M, Do B, Wong K, Lee TH, Talagi D, Lum B, Rahberg N, Ha E, Fan VY. Sexual Violence and Substance Use Diagnosed in Emergency Department Discharges in Hawaii, 2005-2014. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 04; 19(23).

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Jiang X, Diaby V, Vouri SM, Lo-Ciganic W, Parker RL, Wang W, Chang SH, Wilson DL, Henry L, Park H. Economic Impact of Universal Hepatitis C Virus Testing for Middle-Aged Adults Who Inject Drugs. Am J Prev Med. 2023 01; 64(1):96-104.

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Ozga JE, Syvertsen JL, Pollini RA. Hepatitis C antibody prevalence, correlates and barriers to care among people who inject drugs in Central California. J Viral Hepat. 2022 07; 29(7):518-528.

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Hassan R, Roland KB, Hernandez B, Goldman L, Evans KN, Gaul Z, Agnew-Brune C, Buchacz K, Fukuda HD. A qualitative study of service engagement and unmet needs among unstably housed people who inject drugs in Massachusetts. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 07; 138:108722.

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Ozga JE, Paquette C, Syvertsen JL, Pollini RA. Mobile phone and internet use among people who inject drugs: Implications for mobile health interventions. Subst Abus. 2022; 43(1):592-597.

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Ozga JE, Syvertsen JL, Zweifler JA, Pollini RA. A community-based study of abscess self-treatment and barriers to medical care among people who inject drugs in the United States. Health Soc Care Community. 2022 09; 30(5):1798-1808.

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Scott HM, Spinelli M, Vittinghoff E, Morehead-Gee A, Hirozawa A, James C, Hammer H, Liu A, Gandhi M, Buchbinder S. Racial/ethnic and HIV risk category disparities in preexposure prophylaxis discontinuation among patients in publicly funded primary care clinics. AIDS. 2019 11 15; 33(14):2189-2195.

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Sheehan DM, Miller RP, Trepka MJ, Smith LR, Latkin C. Role of Social Network Sexual Norms and Behaviors on the HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors of People Who Inject Drugs in HPTN 037. AIDS Behav. 2019 Jun; 23(6):1604-1611.

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