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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Risk factors for elevated HIV incidence among Aboriginal injection drug users in Vancouver.
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CMAJ
|
2003
|
4.38
|
|
2
|
Social and structural violence and power relations in mitigating HIV risk of drug-using women in survival sex work.
|
Soc Sci Med
|
2007
|
4.14
|
|
3
|
Structural and environmental barriers to condom use negotiation with clients among female sex workers: implications for HIV-prevention strategies and policy.
|
Am J Public Health
|
2009
|
3.85
|
|
4
|
Risk factors for elevated HIV incidence rates among female injection drug users in Vancouver.
|
CMAJ
|
2002
|
3.70
|
|
5
|
Rationale for evaluating North America's first medically supervised safer-injecting facility.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2004
|
3.20
|
|
6
|
Adherence and plasma HIV RNA responses to highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-1 infected injection drug users.
|
CMAJ
|
2003
|
3.19
|
|
7
|
The Canadian government's treatment of scientific process and evidence: inside the evaluation of North America's first supervised injecting facility.
|
Int J Drug Policy
|
2008
|
3.05
|
|
8
|
Factors associated with persistent high-risk syringe sharing in the presence of an established needle exchange programme.
|
AIDS
|
2002
|
2.74
|
|
9
|
Displacement of Canada's largest public illicit drug market in response to a police crackdown.
|
CMAJ
|
2004
|
2.63
|
|
10
|
Changes in public order after the opening of a medically supervised safer injecting facility for illicit injection drug users.
|
CMAJ
|
2004
|
2.62
|
|
11
|
The impact of a police presence on access to needle exchange programs.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2003
|
2.37
|
|
12
|
Antiretroviral adherence and HIV treatment outcomes among HIV/HCV co-infected injection drug users: the role of methadone maintenance therapy.
|
Drug Alcohol Depend
|
2006
|
2.33
|
|
13
|
Hepatitis C virus reinfection in injection drug users.
|
Hepatology
|
2006
|
2.25
|
|
14
|
A review of barriers and facilitators of HIV treatment among injection drug users.
|
AIDS
|
2008
|
2.21
|
|
15
|
Impact of supply-side policies for control of illicit drugs in the face of the AIDS and overdose epidemics: investigation of a massive heroin seizure.
|
CMAJ
|
2003
|
2.18
|
|
16
|
Initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy and continuity of HIV care: the impact of incarceration and prison release on adherence and HIV treatment outcomes.
|
Antivir Ther
|
2004
|
2.14
|
|
17
|
Potential use of safer injecting facilities among injection drug users in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
|
CMAJ
|
2003
|
2.08
|
|
18
|
Summary of findings from the evaluation of a pilot medically supervised safer injecting facility.
|
CMAJ
|
2006
|
2.06
|
|
19
|
Expanding access to HAART: a cost-effective approach for treating and preventing HIV.
|
AIDS
|
2010
|
2.04
|
|
20
|
Community-based HIV prevention research among substance-using women in survival sex work: the Maka Project Partnership.
|
Harm Reduct J
|
2007
|
2.02
|
|
21
|
Attendance at supervised injecting facilities and use of detoxification services.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2006
|
1.83
|
|
22
|
Rate of detoxification service use and its impact among a cohort of supervised injecting facility users.
|
Addiction
|
2007
|
1.81
|
|
23
|
Methodology for evaluating Insite: Canada's first medically supervised safer injection facility for injection drug users.
|
Harm Reduct J
|
2004
|
1.77
|
|
24
|
Prevalence and correlates of untreated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection among persons who have died in the era of modern antiretroviral therapy.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2003
|
1.77
|
|
25
|
Impact of HAART and injection drug use on life expectancy of two HIV-positive cohorts in British Columbia.
|
AIDS
|
2006
|
1.72
|
|
26
|
Burden of HIV infection among aboriginal injection drug users in Vancouver, British Columbia.
|
Am J Public Health
|
2008
|
1.71
|
|
27
|
Females experiencing sexual and drug vulnerabilities are at elevated risk for HIV infection among youth who use injection drugs.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2002
|
1.69
|
|
28
|
Requiring help injecting as a risk factor for HIV infection in the Vancouver epidemic: implications for HIV prevention.
|
Can J Public Health
|
2003
|
1.66
|
|
29
|
Barriers associated with the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection among illicit drug users.
|
Drug Alcohol Depend
|
2007
|
1.64
|
|
30
|
Sexual and drug-related vulnerabilities for HIV infection among women engaged in survival sex work in Vancouver, Canada.
|
Can J Public Health
|
2008
|
1.63
|
|
31
|
Expanding access to HIV antiretroviral therapy among marginalized populations in the developed world.
|
AIDS
|
2003
|
1.63
|
|
32
|
The potential public health and community impacts of safer injecting facilities: evidence from a cohort of injection drug users.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2003
|
1.54
|
|
33
|
Frequent needle exchange use and HIV incidence in Vancouver, Canada.
|
Am J Med
|
2007
|
1.53
|
|
34
|
Do supervised injecting facilities attract higher-risk injection drug users?
|
Am J Prev Med
|
2005
|
1.52
|
|
35
|
Requiring help injecting independently predicts incident HIV infection among injection drug users.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2005
|
1.48
|
|
36
|
Factors associated with spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus among illicit drug users.
|
Can J Gastroenterol
|
2007
|
1.44
|
|
37
|
Socioeconomic status, access to triple therapy, and survival from HIV-disease since 1996.
|
AIDS
|
2002
|
1.41
|
|
38
|
Virologic and immunologic response, clinical progression, and highly active antiretroviral therapy adherence.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2002
|
1.38
|
|
39
|
Alcohol use and incarceration adversely affect HIV-1 RNA suppression among injection drug users starting antiretroviral therapy.
|
J Urban Health
|
2003
|
1.38
|
|
40
|
An external evaluation of a peer-run "unsanctioned" syringe exchange program.
|
J Urban Health
|
2003
|
1.38
|
|
41
|
Occupational stigma as a primary barrier to health care for street-based sex workers in Canada.
|
Cult Health Sex
|
2011
|
1.37
|
|
42
|
Access and utilization of HIV treatment and services among women sex workers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
|
J Urban Health
|
2005
|
1.35
|
|
43
|
Potential community and public health impacts of medically supervised safer smoking facilities for crack cocaine users.
|
Harm Reduct J
|
2006
|
1.33
|
|
44
|
Service uptake and characteristics of injection drug users utilizing North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility.
|
Am J Public Health
|
2006
|
1.26
|
|
45
|
Intensity of drug injection as a determinant of sustained injection cessation among chronic drug users: the interface with social factors and service utilization.
|
Addiction
|
2004
|
1.26
|
|
46
|
Injection drug users' perceptions regarding use of a medically supervised safer injecting facility.
|
Addict Behav
|
2006
|
1.26
|
|
47
|
Unstable housing and hepatitis C incidence among injection drug users in a Canadian setting.
|
BMC Public Health
|
2009
|
1.25
|
|
48
|
A dose-response relationship between exposure to a large-scale HIV preventive intervention and consistent condom use with different sexual partners of female sex workers in southern India.
|
BMC Public Health
|
2011
|
1.25
|
|
49
|
Impact of a medically supervised safer injecting facility on drug dealing and other drug-related crime.
|
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy
|
2006
|
1.25
|
|
50
|
Piloting a peer-driven intervention model to increase access and adherence to antiretroviral therapy and HIV care among street-entrenched HIV-positive women in Vancouver.
|
AIDS Patient Care STDS
|
2009
|
1.25
|
|
51
|
HIV/AIDS in Vancouver, British Columbia: a growing epidemic.
|
Harm Reduct J
|
2009
|
1.24
|
|
52
|
Slower uptake of HIV antiretroviral therapy among Aboriginal injection drug users.
|
J Infect
|
2005
|
1.21
|
|
53
|
Conducting HIV/AIDS research with indoor commercial sex workers: reaching a hidden population.
|
Prog Community Health Partnersh
|
2007
|
1.21
|
|
54
|
Risk factors for developing a cutaneous injection-related infection among injection drug users: a cohort study.
|
BMC Public Health
|
2008
|
1.20
|
|
55
|
HIV and HCV prevalence and gender-specific risk profiles of crack cocaine smokers and dual users of injection drugs.
|
Subst Use Misuse
|
2008
|
1.18
|
|
56
|
Determinants of cutaneous injection-related infection care at a supervised injecting facility.
|
Ann Epidemiol
|
2009
|
1.14
|
|
57
|
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and CD4 T-cell count responses among HIV-infected injection drug users.
|
Antivir Ther
|
2004
|
1.12
|
|
58
|
Survival sex work involvement as a primary risk factor for hepatitis C virus acquisition in drug-using youths in a canadian setting.
|
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
|
2010
|
1.09
|
|
59
|
Management of HCV and HIV infections among people who inject drugs.
|
Curr Opin HIV AIDS
|
2011
|
1.07
|
|
60
|
Circumstances of first injection among illicit drug users accessing a medically supervised safer injection facility.
|
Am J Public Health
|
2007
|
1.06
|
|
61
|
A description of a peer-run supervised injection site for injection drug users.
|
J Urban Health
|
2005
|
1.06
|
|
62
|
Nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy among a community with endemic rates of injection drug use.
|
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic)
|
2005
|
1.04
|
|
63
|
Individual and structural vulnerability among female youth who exchange sex for survival.
|
J Adolesc Health
|
2011
|
1.04
|
|
64
|
A peer-led mobile outreach program and increased utilization of detoxification and residential drug treatment among female sex workers who use drugs in a Canadian setting.
|
Drug Alcohol Depend
|
2010
|
1.04
|
|
65
|
Nurse-delivered safer injection education among a cohort of injection drug users: evidence from the evaluation of Vancouver's supervised injection facility.
|
Int J Drug Policy
|
2008
|
1.02
|
|
66
|
Potential uptake and correlates of willingness to use a supervised smoking facility for noninjection illicit drug use.
|
J Urban Health
|
2005
|
1.01
|
|
67
|
Continued low uptake of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection in a large community-based cohort of inner city residents.
|
Liver Int
|
2013
|
1.01
|
|
68
|
Factors associated with public injecting among users of Vancouver's supervised injection facility.
|
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse
|
2007
|
1.00
|
|
69
|
Validity of self-reported antiretroviral therapy use among injection drug users.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2006
|
0.95
|
|
70
|
Clients of indoor commercial sex workers: heterogeneity in patronage patterns and implications for HIV and STI propagation through sexual networks.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2007
|
0.95
|
|
71
|
Determinants of hospitalization for a cutaneous injection-related infection among injection drug users: a cohort study.
|
BMC Public Health
|
2010
|
0.93
|
|
72
|
Validity of self-reported adherence among injection drug users.
|
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic)
|
2008
|
0.92
|
|
73
|
Rate of methadone use among Aboriginal opioid injection drug users.
|
CMAJ
|
2007
|
0.90
|
|
74
|
The role of diet in predicting iron deficiency anemia in HIV-positive women.
|
Can J Diet Pract Res
|
2012
|
0.89
|
|
75
|
Rationale to evaluate medically supervised safer smoking facilities for non-injection illicit drug users.
|
Can J Public Health
|
2005
|
0.88
|
|
76
|
Patterns of opioid and cocaine co-use: a descriptive study in a Canadian sample of untreated opioid-dependent individuals.
|
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol
|
2005
|
0.85
|
|
77
|
Rates of HIV/AIDS care and antiretroviral therapy response among active injection drug users.
|
Addiction
|
2007
|
0.84
|
|
78
|
Preliminary development of a scale to measure stigma relating to sexually transmitted infections among women in a high risk neighbourhood.
|
BMC Womens Health
|
2008
|
0.82
|
|
79
|
Health and social services accessed by a cohort of Canadian illicit opioid users outside of treatment.
|
Can J Public Health
|
2006
|
0.81
|
|
80
|
"Discordant" increases in CD4 cell count relative to plasma viral load in a closely followed cohort of patients initiating antiretroviral therapy.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2002
|
0.81
|
|
81
|
Establishing a community-based participatory research partnership among people who use drugs in Ottawa: the PROUD cohort study.
|
Harm Reduct J
|
2014
|
0.81
|
|
82
|
Factors associated with numbers of client partners of female sex workers across five districts in South India.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2010
|
0.80
|
|
83
|
The prevalence and incidence of sexually transmitted infections in a prospective cohort of injection drug users in Vancouver, British Columbia.
|
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol
|
2005
|
0.80
|
|
84
|
Demographics, sexual risk behaviours and uptake of screening for sexually transmitted infections among attendees of a weekly women-only community clinic program.
|
Can J Public Health
|
2008
|
0.79
|
|
85
|
Regional patterns of risk for sexually transmitted infections in British Columbia.
|
Health Rep
|
2010
|
0.78
|
|
86
|
Contribution of HIV to mortality among injection drug users in the era of HAART.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2007
|
0.77
|
|
87
|
Factors associated with buying and selling syringes among injection drug users in a setting of one of North America's largest syringe exchange programs.
|
Subst Use Misuse
|
2006
|
0.77
|
|
88
|
Individual and jurisdictional factors associated with voluntary HIV testing in Canada: Results of a national survey, 2011.
|
Can J Public Health
|
2014
|
0.77
|
|
89
|
Challenges in initiating antiretroviral therapy in 2010.
|
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol
|
2010
|
0.75
|
|
90
|
Dermatologic manifestations of underlying infectious disease among illicit injection-drug users.
|
J Cutan Med Surg
|
2008
|
0.75
|