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Prevalence of skin and soft tissue infections and its related high-risk behaviors among people who inject drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohammad Moradi-JooDepartment of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Hesam GhiasvandSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Mehdi NorooziSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, IranORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-6511-1591
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Bahram ArmoonSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Saveh University of Medical Sciences, Saveh, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Alireza NorooziDepartment of Neuroscience and Addiction Studies, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Psychiatrists, Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Mahmood KarimySocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Saveh University of Medical Sciences, Saveh, Iran
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Ali RostamiInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR, Iran
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Mohammad Saeed MirzaeeSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Saveh University of Medical Sciences, Saveh, Iran
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Morteza HemmatSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Saveh University of Medical Sciences, Saveh, Iran
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Pages 350-360 | Received 30 Jul 2018, Accepted 30 Nov 2018, Published online: 12 Feb 2019

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Bahram Armoon, Marie-Josée Fleury, Mark D. Griffiths, Azadeh Bayani, Rasool Mohammadi & Elaheh Ahounbar. (2023) Determinants of emergency department use and hospitalization among people who inject drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Substance Use 0:0, pages 1-13.
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Simeon D. Kimmel, Kristina T. Phillips, Bradley J. Anderson & Michael D. Stein. (2022) Characteristics associated with motivation to stop substance use and improve skin and needle hygiene among hospitalized patients who inject drugs. Substance Abuse 43:1, pages 878-883.
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Bahram Armoon, Azadeh Bayani, Rasool Mohammadi, Elaheh Ahounbar & Peter Higgs. (2022) Drug type and high risk behaviors associated with health-care utilization among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Substance Use 0:0, pages 1-9.
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Sharful Islam Khan, Samira Dishti Irfan, Mohammad Niaz Morshed Khan & Tanveer Khan Ibne Shafiq. (2021) The wound that closes doors: Lived experiences and complexities of injection-related injuries and infections among people who inject drugs through an ethnographic lens. International Journal of Drug Policy 96, pages 103276.
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Kristina T. Phillips, Catherine Stewart, Bradley J. Anderson, Jane M. Liebschutz, Debra S. Herman & Michael D. Stein. (2021) A randomized controlled trial of a brief behavioral intervention to reduce skin and soft tissue infections among people who inject drugs. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 221, pages 108646.
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