 Needle Sharing
"Needle Sharing" 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.
Usage of a single needle among two or more people for injecting drugs. Needle sharing is a high-risk behavior for contracting infectious disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D016485
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.735.580
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| Concept/Terms |
Needle Sharing- Needle Sharing
- Sharing, Needle
- Needlesharing
- Syringe Sharing
- Sharing, Syringe
- Needle-Sharing
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| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Needle Sharing" by people in Profiles.
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Abiona TC, Adefuye AS, Balogun JA, Sloan PE. Gender differences in HIV risk behaviors of inmates. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Jan-Feb; 18(1):65-71.
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Huo D, Ouellet LJ. Needle exchange and injection-related risk behaviors in Chicago: a longitudinal study. . 2007 May 01; 45(1):108-14.
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Huo D, Bailey SL, Hershow RC, Ouellet L. Drug use and HIV risk practices of secondary and primary needle exchange users. AIDS Educ Prev. 2005 Apr; 17(2):170-84.
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Huo D, Bailey SL, Garfein RS, Ouellet LJ. Changes in the sharing of drug injection equipment among street-recruited injection drug users in Chicago, Illinois, 1994--1996. Subst Use Misuse. 2005; 40(1):63-76.
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Ouellet L, Huo D, Bailey SL. HIV risk practices among needle exchange users and nonusers in Chicago. . 2004 Sep 01; 37(1):1187-96.
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Bailey SL, Huo D, Garfein RS, Ouellet LJ. The use of needle exchange by young injection drug users. . 2003 Sep 01; 34(1):67-70.
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Pollack HA. Cost-effectiveness of harm reduction in preventing hepatitis C among injection drug users. Med Decis Making. 2001 Sep-Oct; 21(5):357-67.
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Thorpe LE, Bailey SL, Huo D, Monterroso ER, Ouellet LJ. Injection-related risk behaviors in young urban and suburban injection drug users in Chicago (1997-1999). . 2001 May 01; 27(1):71-8.
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Pollack HA. Can we protect drug users from hepatitis C? J Policy Anal Manage. 2001 Apr; 20(2):358-64.
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