High prevalence of albuminuria amongst people who inject drugs: A cross-sectional study
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A cross-sectional study of emergency department visits by people who inject drugs.
BACKGROUND People who inject drugs (PWID) have worse health than non-injectors and are at heightened risk of incidents that necessitate hospital emergency department (ED) visits. STUDY OBJECTIVES To describe ED visits by PWIDs in Melbourne, Australia, and compare reasons with those given in Vancouver, Canada. METHODS In 2008-2010, 688 Melbourne PWIDs were interviewed about their ED visits; ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63748-4