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2008 Publications

Hughes K, van Beurden E, Eakin E, Barnett L, Patterson E, Backhouse J, Jones S, Hauser D, Beard JR, Newman B. Older People’s Perception of Falls Risk: Implications for Falls-Prevention Campaigns. American Journal of Public Health. 2008; 98 (2):351-357.

Vlahov D, Wang CL, Ompad DC, Fuller CM, Ouellet L, Des Jarlais DC, Garfein RS. Mortality Risk among Recent-Onset Injection Drug Users in Five U. S. Cities.. Substance Use Misuse. 2008; 43(3):413-28.

Kapadia F, Vlahov D, Wu Y, Cohen MH, Greenblatt RM, Howard AA, Cook JA, Goparaju L, Golub E, Richardson J, Wilson TE.. Impact of drug abuse treatment modalities on adherence to ART/HAART . Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2008; 34(2):161-70.

Amesty S, Ompad D, Galea S, Fuller C, Wu Y, Koblin B, Vlahov D. Prevalence and Correlates of Previous Hepatitis B Vaccination and Infection among Young Drug Users in New York City. J Community Health. 2008; 33(3):139-48.

Vlahov D, Coady M, Galea S, Ompad DC, Barondess J. Pandemic Preparedness and hard to reach populations.. Am J Disaster Med.. 2008; 2(6):281-283.

Mehta SH, Genberg BL, Astemborski J, Kavasery R, Kirk GD, Vlahov D, Strathdee S, Thomas DL.. Limited uptake of Hepatitis C treatment among injection drug users. J Community Health. 2008; 33(3):126-33.

Ompad DC, Galea S, Marshall G, Fuller CM, Weiss L, Beard JR, Chan C, Edwards V, Vlahov D. Sampling and Recruitment in Multilevel Studies among Marginalized Urban Populations: The IMPACT Studies.. J Urban Health. 2008; 85(2):268-80.

Beard J, Tracy M,Vlahov D, Galea S. Trajectory and socioeconomic predictors of depression in a prospective study of residents of New York City. Ann. of Epidemiol.. 2008; 18(3):235-43.

Guerrero-Preston R, Chan C, Vlahov D, Mitchell MK, Johnson SB, Freeman H.. Previous cancer screening behavior as predictor of endoscopic colon cancer screening among women aged 50 and over, in NYC 2002. J Community Health. 2008; 33(1):10-21.

Hadley C, Galea S, Nandi V, Nandi A, Lopez G, Strongarone S, Ompad D. Hunger and health among undocumented Mexican migrants in a US urban area.. Public Health Nutr.. 2008; 11(2):151-8.

Galea S, Ahern J, Tracy M, Hubbard A, Cerda M, Goldmann E, Vlahov D. Longitudinal determinants of posttraumatic stress in a population-based cohort study. Epidemiology. 2008; 19(1):47-54.

2007 Publications

Yanos P, Felton B, Tsemberis S, Frye V. Exploring the Role of Housing Type, neighborhood characteristics, and lifestyle factors in the community integration of formerly homeless persons diagnosed with mental illness. J of Mental Health. 2007; 16(6):703-717.

Leon AC, Marzuk PM, Tardiff KJ, Bucciarelli A, Stajic M, Markham Piper T, Galea S. Antidepressants in adult suicides in New York City: 2001-2004. J of Clinical Psychiatry. 2007; 68(9):1399-1403.

Bernstein K, Galea S, Ahern J, Tracy M, Vlahov D. The built environment and alcohol consumption in urban neighborhoods. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007; 91(2-3):244-52.

Purcell DW, Garfein RS, Latka MH, Thiede H, Hudson S, Bonner S, Golub ET, Ouellet LJ. Development, description, and acceptability of a small-group, behavioral intervention to prevent HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among young adult injection drug users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007; 91( Suppl 1):S73-80.

Koblin BA, Xu G, Lucy D, Robertson V, Bonner S, Hoover DR, Fortin P, Latka M. Hepatitis B infection and vaccination among high-risk noninjection drug-using women. Sex Transm Dis.. 2007; 34(11):917-22.

Weiss L, Gany F, Rosenfeld P, Carrasquillo O, Sharif I, Behar E, Ambizas E, Patel P, Schwartz L, Manqione R. Access to multilingual medication instructions at New York City pharmacies. J Urban Health. 2007; 84(6):742-54.

Frye V, Latka M.H, Wu Y, Valverde E, Knowlton A, Knight K, Arnsten JA, O'Leary A. Intimate partner violence perpetration against main female partners among HIV-positive male injection drug users . JAIDS. 2007; 1;46 Suppl 2::S101-9.

Lucas ML, Mehta SH, Atta MG, Kirk GD, Galai N. Vlahov D,B., Moore RD. End-stage renal disease and chronic kidney disease in a cohort of African-American HIV-infected and at-risk HIV-seronegative participants followed between 1988 and 2004. AIDS. 2007; 21(18):2435-43.

Gross C, Piper TM, Bucciarelli A, Tardiff K, Vlahov D, Galea S. Suicide Tourism in Manhattan, New York City, 1990-2004. J Urban Health. 2007; 84(6):755-65.

Kapadia, F., Latka, M.H., Hudson S, Golub ET, Campbell JV, Bailey S, Frye V, Garfein RS. Correlates of consistent condom use with main female partners among young, heterosexual male injection drug users from 5 US cities. Drug and Alcohol Depend. 2007; 91 (Suppl 1):S56-63.

Campbell JV, Garfein RS, Thiede H, Hagan H, Ouellet LJ, Golub ET, Hudson SM, Ompad DC, Wienbaum C. Convenience is the key to hepatitis A and B vaccination uptake among young adult injection drug users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007; 91 (Suppl 1):S64-72.

Bonnano GA, Galea S, Bucciarelli A, Vlahov D. What predicts psychological resilience after disaster? The role of demographics, resources, and life stress. J Consult Clin Psychol.. 2007; 75(5):671-82.

Galea S, Blaney S, Nandi A, Silverman R, Vlahov D, Foltin G, Kusick M, Tunik M, Richmond N. Explaining racial disparities in incidence of and survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Am J Epidemiol.. 2007; 166(5):534-43.

Nash D, Andreopoulos E, Horowitz D, Sohler N, Vlahov D. Differences among U.S. States in estimating the number of people living with HIV/AIDS: impact on allocation of federal Ryan White Funding. Public Health Rep. 2007; 122(5):644-56.

Kirk GD, Vlahov D. Improving survival among HIV-infected injection drug users: how should we define success. Clin Infect Dis. 2007; 45(3):377-80.

Beard JR, Heathcote K, Brooks R, Earnest A, Kelly B. Predictors of mental disorders and their outcome in a community based cohort. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2007; 42(8):623:30.

Kirk GD, Merlo C, O' Driscoll P, Mehta SH, Galai N, Vlahov D, Samet J, Engels EA. HIV infection is associated with an increased risk for lung cancer, independent of smoking. Clin Infect Dis. 2007; 45(1):103-10.

Semba RD, Ricketts EP, Mehta S, Netski D, Thomas D, Kirk G, Wu AW, Vlahov D. Effect of micronutrients and iron supplementation on hemoglobin, iron status, and plasma hepatitis C and HIV RNA levels in female injection drug users: a controlled clinical trial. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007; 45(3):298-303.

Morris MC, Mechem CC, Berg RA, Bobrow BJ, Burns S, Clark L, De M, V, Kusick M, Richmond NJ, Stiell I, Nadkarni VM. Impact of the privacy rule on the study of out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest . Prehosp Emerg Care. 2007; 11(3):272-7.

Coffin PO, Tracy M, Bucciarelli A, Ompad D, Vlahov D, Galea S. Identifying injection drug users at risk of overdose. Acad Emerg Med. 2007; 14(7):616-23.

Vlahov D, Coady MH, Ompad DC,Galea S. Strategies for improving influenza immunization rates among hard-to-reach populations. J Urban Health. 2007; 84(4):615-31.

Coady MH, Weiss L, Galea S,Ompad DC, Glidden K, Vlahov D. Rapid vaccine distribution in nontraditional settings: lessons learned from project VIVA. J Community Health Nurs. 2007; 24(2):79-85.

Weiss L, Ompad D, Galea S, Vlahov D. Defining Neighborhood Boundaries for Urban Health Research. Am J Prev Med. 2007; 32(6S):S154-S159.

Galea S, Ahern J, Tracy M, Rudenstine S,Vlahov D. Education inequality and use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007; 90S1:S4-S15.

Cook JA, Grey DD, Burke-Miller JK, Cohen MH, Vlahov D, Kapadia F, Wilson TE, Cook R, Schwartz RM, Golub ET, Anastos K, Ponath C, Goparaju L, Levine AM. Illicit drug use, depression and their association with highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive women. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007; 89(1):74-81.

Galea S, Ahern J, Tracy M, Vlahov D. Neighborhood income and income distribution and the use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana. Am J Prev Med. 2007; 32(6S):S195-202.

Wallace R, Wallace D, Ahern J, Galea S. A failure of resistance: estimating response of New York City's public health ecosystem to sudden disaster. Health Place. 2007; 13(2):545-550.

Cleland CM, Deren S, Fuller CM, Blaney S, McMahon JM, Tortu S, Des Jarlais DC, Vlahov D. Syringe disposal among injection drug users in Harlem and the Bronx during the New York State Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program. Health Educ Behav. 2007; 34(2):390-403.

Latka M.H, Mizuno Y, Wu Y, Tobin K, Metsch L.M, Frye, V, Gomez C, Arnsten J. Are feelings of responsibility to limit HIV transmission associated with safe sex among HIV-positive injection drug users. JAIDS. 2007; 46:S88-S95.

Frye V, Haviland M, Rajah V. Unintended consequences of and factors associated with mandatory arrest in New York City. J Fam Violence. 2007; 22(6):397-405.

Ompad DC, Galea S, Blaney S, Coady MH, Sisco S, Glidden K, Vlahov D. Access to influenza vaccine in East Harlem and the Bronx during a national vaccine shortage. J Community Health. 2007; 32(3):195-202.

Messner S, Galea S, Tardiff KJ, Tracy M, Bucciarelli A, Markham Piper T,Frye V, Vlahov D. Policing, drugs and declining homicide levels in New York. Criminology. 2007; 45(2):385-413.

Mehta SH, Lucas G, Astemborski J, Kirk GD, Vlahov D, Galai N. Early immunologic and virologic responses to highly active antiretroviral therapy and subsequent disease progression among HIV-infected injection drug users. AIDS Care. 2007; 19(5):637-45.

Vlahov D, O'driscoll P, Mehta SH, Ompad DC, Gern R, Galai N, Kirk GD. Risk factors for methadone outside treatment programs: implications for HIV treatment among injection drug users. Addiction. 2007; 102(5):771-77.

Ompad DC, Galea S, Caiaffa WT, Vlahov D. Social determinants of the health of urban populations: methodologic considerations. J Urban Health. 2007; 84(3):42-45.

Vlahov D, Freudenberg N, Proietti F, Ompad D, Quinn A, Nandi V, Galea S. Urban as a determinant of health. J Urban Health. 2007; 84(3):16-26.

Bernstein K, Bucciarelli A, Markham Piper T, Gross C, Tardiff K, Galea S. Cocaine- and opiate-related fatal overdose in New York City,1990-2000. BMC Public Health. 2007; 7-31.

DeSalvo KB, Hyre AD, Ompad DC, Menke A, Tynes LL, Muntner P. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in a New Orleans workforce following Hurricane Katrina. J Urban Health. 2007; 84(2):142-52.

Galea S, Ahern J, Nandi A, Tracy M, Beard J, Vlahov D. Urban neighborhood poverty and the incidence of depression in a population-based cohort study. Ann Epidemiol. 2007; 17(3):171-179.

DeSalvo KB, Hyre AD, Ompad DC, Menke A, Tynes Lee L, Munter P. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in a New Orleans workforce following Hurricane Katrina.. J Urban Helath. 2007; 84(2):142-52.

Frye, V. The informal social control of intimate partner violence: assessing the role of individual-level attitudes. J Community Psychol. 2007; 35(9):1001-1018.

Semba R.D, Ricketts E, Mehta S, Kirk G, Latkin C, Galai N, Vlahov D. Adherence and retention of female injection drug users in a phase III clinical trial in inner city Baltimore. The Americal Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 2007; 33:71-80.

Gershon RM, Sherman M, Mitchell C, Vlahov D, Erwin MJ, Lears MK, Felknor S, Lubelczyk RA, Alter MJ. Prevalence and risk factors for bloodborne exposure and Infection in correctional healthcare workers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007; 28:24-30.

Kapadia F, Latka MH, Hagan H, Golub ET, Campbell JV, Coady MH, Garfein RS, Thomas DL, Bonner S, Thiel T, Strathdee SA. Design and feasibility of a randomized behavioral intervention to reduce distributive injection risk and improve health-care access among hepatitis C virus positive injection drug users (STRIVE). J Urban Health. 2007; 84(1):99-115.

Fuller CM, Galea S, Caceres W, Blaney S, Sisco S, Vlahov D. Multilevel community-based intervention to increase access to sterile syringes among injection drug users through pharmacy sales in New York City. Am J Public Health. 2007; 97(1):117-24.

Markham Piper T, Rudenstine S, Stancliff S, Sherman S, Nandi V, Clear A, Galea S. Overdose prevention for injection drug users: lessons learned from naloxone training and distribution programs in New York City. Harm Reduct J. 2007; 4(1):3:Epub ahead of print.

Bernstein K, Ahern J, Tracy M, Boscarino J, Vlahov D, Galea S. Television watching and the risk of incident probable post-traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2007; 195(1):41-47.

Nash D, Chan C, Horowitz D, Vlahov D. Barriers and missed opportunities in breast and cervical cancer screening among women aged 50 and over, New York City, 2002. J Women’s Health. 2007; 16(1):46-56.

2006 Publications

Carrieri MP, Amass L, Lucas GM, Vlahov D, Wodak A, Woody G. . Buprenorphine Use: The International Experience . Clin Infect Dis. 2006; 43 suppl4:S197-S215.

Israel BA, Krieger J, Vlahov D, Ciske S, Foley M, Fortin P, Guzman JR, Lichtenstein R, McGranaghan R, Palermo AG, Tang G. Challenges and facilitating factors in sustaining community-based participatory research partnerships: lessons learned from the Detroit, New York City and Seattle urban research centers.. J Urban Health. 2006; 83(6):1022-40.

Bonner S, Matte T, Rubin M, Sheares B, Fagan J, Evans D, Mellins RB. Validating an asthma case detection instrument in a Head Start sample. J School Health. 2006; 76(9):469-476.

Smit E, Crespo CJ, Semba RD, Jaworowicz D, Vlahov D, Ricketts EP, Ramirez-Marrero FA, Tang AM. Physical activity in a cohort of HIV-positive and HIV-negative injection drug users. AIDS Care. 2006; 18(8):1040-5.

Mehta SH, Galai N, Astemborski J, Celentano DD, Strathdee SA, Vlahov D, Nelson KE. Brief Report: HIV Incidence Among Injection Drug Users in Baltimore, Maryland (1988-2004). J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006; 43(3):368-372.

Sebastian B, Matte T, Rubin M, Beverley,Sheares J, Fagan KJ, Evans D, Mellins RB. Validating an asthma case detection instrument in a head start sample. J Sch Health. 2006; 76(9):471-8.

Absalon J, Fuller CM, Ompad DC, Blaney S, Koblin B, Galea S, Vlahov D. Gender differences in sexual behaviors and sexual partnerships among drug users in New York City. AIDS Behav. 2006; 10(6):707-15.

Deren S, Cleland CM, Fuller C, Kang SY, Des Jarlais DC, Vlahov D. The Impact of Syringe Deregulation on Sources of Syringes for Injection Drug Users: Preliminary Finding. AIDS Behav. 2006; 10(6):717-21.

Boscarino J, Adams R, Figley CR, Galea S, Foa E. Predictors of Terrorism Fear and Preparedness in New York City after the Attacks: Implications for Disaster Planning and Research. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2006; 12(6):505-513.

Rajah, V., Frye, V., Haviland, M., Thukral, J. and Trinity, M. “Aren’t I a Victim?”: An Investigation of Mandatory Arrest Law and its Consequences. Violence Against Women. 2006; 12:897-916.

Ruggiero K, Rheingold AA, Resnick H, Kilpatrick DG, Galea S. Comparison between two widely-used PTSD screening instruments: Implications for public mental health planning. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2006; 19(5):699-707.

Lincoln D , Morgan G , Sheppeard V , Jalaludin B , Corbett S , Beard J. Childhood asthma and return to school in Sydney, Australia. Public Health. 2006; 120 (9):854-862.

Shrestha S, Smith M, Broman K, Farzadegan H, Vlahov D, Strathdee A. Multiperson Use of Syringes Among Injection Drug Users in a Needle Exchange Program: A Gene-Based Molecular Epidemiologic Analysis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006; Epub ahead of print:

Ickovics JR, Milan S, Boland R, Schoinbaum E, Schuman P, Vlahov D. Psychological resources protect health: 5-year survival and immune function among HIV-infected women from four US cities. AIDS. 2006; 11;20(14):1851-1860.

Pollini RA, McCall L, Mehta SH, Celentano DD, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. Response to overdose among injection drug users. Am J Prev Med. 2006; 31(3):261-4.

Ahern J, Galea S. Social context and depression after a disaster: The role of income inequality. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2006; 60(9):766-770.

Leon A, Marzuk P, Tardiff KJ, Bucciarelli A, Markham Piper T, Galea S. Antidepressants and Youth Suicide in New York City: 1999-2002. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2006; 45(9):1054-1058.

Beard J, Rowell D, Scott D, van Beurden E, Barnett L, Hughes K, Newman B. Economic analysis of a community-based falls prevention program. Public Health. 2006; 120(8):742-51.

Beard J, Dietrich U, Brooks L, Brooks R, Heathcote K, Kelly B. Incidence and outcomes of mental disorders in a regional population: the Northern Rivers mental health study . Aust N Z Psychiatry. 2006; 40(8):674-82.

Nandi A, Galea S, Ahern J, Bucciarelli A, Vlahov D, Tardiff K. What explains the association between neighborhood-level income inequality and the risk of fatal overdose in New York City. Soc Sci Med. 2006; 63(3):662-74.

Bashirova AA, Bleiber G, Qi Y, Hutcheson H, Yamashita T, Johnson RC, Cheng J, Alter G, Goedert JJ, Buchbinder S, Hoots K, Vlahov D, May M, Maldarelli F, Jacobson L, O'Brien SJ, Telenti A, Carrington M . Consistent effects of TSG101 genetic variability on multiple outcomes of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus type 1. J Virol. 2006; 80(14):6757-63.

Bryant WK, Ompad DC, Sisco S, Blaney S, Glidden K, Phillips E, Vlahov D, Galea S. Determinants of influenza vaccination in hard-to-reach urban populations. Prev Med. 2006; 43(1):60-70.

Galea S, Acierno R, Ruggiero K, Resnick H, Tracy M, Kilpatrick DG. Social context and the psychobiology of post-traumatic stress. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2006; 1071:231-241.

Worthington N, Markham Piper T, Galea S, Rosenthal D. Opiate users’ knowledge about overdose prevention and naloxone in New York City: a focus group study. Harm Reduction Journal. 2006; 3:19.

Bower WA, Culver DH, Castor D, Wu Y, James VN, Zheng H, Hammer S, Kuhnert WL, Williams IT, Bell BP, Vlahov D, Dezzutti CS. Changes in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Viral Load And Interferon-Alpha Levels in HIV/HCV-Coinfected Patients Treated With Hight Active Antiretroviral Therapy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006; Available

Lawyer S, Resnick H, Galea S, Ahern J, Kilpatrick D, Vlahov D. Predictors of peritraumatic reactions and PTSD following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Psychiatry. 2006; 69(2):130-41.

Adams RE, Boscarino JA, Galea S. Alcohol use, mental health status, and psychological well-being two years after the World Trade Center attacks in New York City. American Journal of Drug and Alchol Abuse. 2006; 32(2):203-224.

Shah NG, Galai N, Celentano DD, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. Longitudinal predictors of injection cessation and subsequent relapse among a cohort of injection drug users in Baltimore, Maryland, 1988-2000. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2006; 28;83(2):147-56.

Bell AV, Ompad D, Sherman SG. Sexual and drug risk behaviors among women who have sex with women. Am J Public Health. 2006; 96(6):1066-72.

Pollini RA, McCall L, Mehta SH, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. Non-fatal overdose and subsequent drug treatment among injection drug users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006; 83(2):104-10.

Ruggiero KJ, Resnick HS, Acierno R, Coffey SF, Carpenter MJ, Ruscio AM, Stephens RS, Kilpatrick DG, Stasiewicz PR, Roffman RA, Bucuvalas M, Galea S. Internet-based intervention for mental health and substance use problems in the aftermath of mass violence and disasters: a pilot feasibility study. Behavior Therapy. 2006; 37(2):190-205.

Galea S, Ahern J. Considerations about specificity of association, causal pathways, and heterogeneity of association in multilevel thinking. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2006; 163(12):1079-1082.

Galea S, Worthington N, Markham Piper T, Nandi V, Curtis M, Rosenthal D. Provision of naloxone to injection drug users as an overdose prevention strategy: Early evidence from a pilot study in New York City. Addictive Behaviors. 2006; 31:907-912.

Confrancesco J, Shah N, Ghanem K, Dobs A, Klein RS, Mayer K, Schuman P, Vlahov D, Rompalo AM. The Effects Of Illicit Drug Use And HIV Infection On Sex Hormone Levels In Women. Gyne Endocrin. 2006; 22 (5):244-251. Available

Vlahov D, Putnam S. From corrections to communities as an HIV priority. J Urban Health. 2006; 83(3):339-48.

Ompad DC, Galea S, Vlahov D. Distribution of influenza vaccine to high-risk groups. Epidemiol Rev. 2006; 28:54-70:Epub.

McVeigh T, Galea S, Thorpe, L, Maulsby C, Henning K, Sederer L. The epidemiology of serious psychological distress in New York City, 2002 and 2003. Journal of Urban Health. 2006; 83(3):394-405.

DiMaggio C, Galea S. The behavioral consequences of terrorism: A meta-analysis. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2006; 13(5):559-66.

Van Olphen J, Freudenberg N, Fortin P, Galea S. Community reentry: Perceptions of individuals returning from New York City jails. Journal of Urban Health. 2006; 83(3):372-381.

Tracy M, Galea S. Post-traumatic stress disorder and depression among older adults after a disaster: the role of ongoing trauma and stressors. Public Policy & Aging Report. 2006; 16(2):16-19.

Pfefferbaum B, Stuber J, Galea S, Fairbrother G. Panic reactions to terrorist attacks and probable posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2006; 19(2):217-228.

Galea S, Bucuvalas M. Optimizing telephone-based population sampling. Annals of Epidemiology. 2006; 16(4):273-4.

Boscarino J, Adams R, Galea S. Alcohol use in New York City after the terrorist attacks: a study of the effects of psychological trauma on drinking behavior. Addictive Behaviors. 2006; 31(4):606-621.

Putnam S. Where is the 'where?' in considerations of treatment for drug abuse?. J Urban Health. 2006; 83(2):144-145.

Nash D, Azeez S, Vlahov D, Schori M. Evaluation of an Intervention to Increase Screening Colonscopy in an Urban Public Hospital Setting. J Urban Health. 2006; 83(2):231-43.

Frye V, Latka MH, Koblin B, Halkitis PN, Putnam S, Galea S, Vlahov D. The urban environment and sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men. J Urban Health. 2006; 83(2):308-24.

Stuber J, Resnick H, Galea S. Gender disparities in post-traumatic stress after mass trauma. Gender Medicine. 2006; 3(1):54-67.

Freudenberg N, Fahs M, Galea S, Greenberg A. The impact of New York City’s 1975 fiscal crisis on the tuberculosis, HIV, and homicide syndemic. American Journal of Public Health. 2006; 96(3):561-567.

Stuber J, Galea S, Boscarino J, Schlesinger M. Was there unmet mental health need after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2006; 41(3):230-240.

Galea S, Wortman K. The population health argument against war. World Psychiatry. 2006; 5(1):31-32.

Ompad DC, Strathdee SA, Celentano DD, Latkin C, Poduska JM, Kellam SG, Ialongo NS. Predictors of early initiation of vaginal and oral sex among urban young adults in Baltimore, Maryland. Arch Sex Behav. 2006; 35(1):53-65.

Washington TA, Galai N, Cohn S, Celentano D, Vlahov D, & Strathdee SA . The relationship between self reported sexual orientation and behavior in a sample of middle-aged male injection drug users. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2006; 35(1):67-74.

Campbell JV, Hagan H, Latka MH, Garfein RS, Golub ET, Coady MH, Thomas DL, Strathdee SA. High prevalence of alcohol use among hepatitis C virus antibody positive injection drug users in three US cities. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006; 81(3):259-65.

Markham Piper T, Tracy M, Bucciarelli A, Tardiff KJ, Galea S . Firearm suicides in New York City during the 1990s. Injury Prevention. 2006; 12(1):41-5.

Bonner S, Matte T, Fagan JK, Andreopoulos E, Evans D. Self-reported moisture and mildew in the homes of Head Start children with asthma is associated with greater asthma morbidity. J Urban Health. 2006; 83(1):129-37.

Wilson TE, Vlahov D, Crystal S, Absalon J, Klein SJ, Remein RH, Agins B. Integrating HIV prevention activities into the HIV medical care setting: a report from the NYC HIV Centers Consortium. J Urban Health. 2006; 83(1):18-30.

Johnson B, Golub A, Deren S, Des Jarlais DC, Fuller C, Vlahov D. The nonimpact of the expanded syringe access program upon heroin use, injection behaviours, and crime indicators in New York City and State. Justice Research and Policy. 2006; Vol.8, No.1:

Fuller CM, Galea S, Caceres W, Blaney S, Sisco S, Vlahov D, and Harlem Community & Academic Partnership. Multilevel community-based intervention to increase access to sterile syringes among injection drug users through pharmacy sales in New York City. Am J Public Health. 2006;

Adams R, Boscarino J, Galea S. Social and psychological resources and health outcomes after the World Trade Center disaster. Social Science & Medicine. 2006; 62(1):176-188.

Bonanno GA, Galea S, Bucciarelli A,Vlahov, D. Psychological Resilience After Disaster. Psychol Sci. 2006; 17(3):181-3. Available

Lee J, Vlahov D, Freudenberg N. Primary Care And Health Insurance Among Women Released From New York City Jails. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2006; 17(1):200-17. Available

Coffin PO, Blaney S, Fuller C, Vadnai L, Miller S, Vlahov D. Support For Buprenorphine And Methadone Prescription To Heroin-Dependent Patients Among New York City Physicians. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2006; 32(1):1-6. Available

Des Jarlais DC, Galea, S, Tracy, M, Tross S, Vlahov, D. Stigmatization of Newly Emerging Infectious Diseases: AIDS and SARS . Am J Public Health. 2006; 96(3):561-7. Available

Mehta SH, Astemborski J, Sterling TR, Thomas DL, Vlahov, D. Serum Albumin As A Prognostic Indicator For HIV Disease Progression. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2006; 22(1):14-21. Available

Miguel-Tobal JJ, Gonzalez-Ordi H, Cano Vindel A, Irurarrizaga I, Rudenstine S, Vlahov D, Galea S . Post-traumatic Stress And Depression After The March 11 Terrorist Attacks In Madrid. . Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2006; 19(1):69-80. Available

Bryant Wk, Ompad DC, Ahern J, Wu Y, Vlahov D, Galea S. Period And Birth Cohort Effects In Age Of First Phencyclidine (PCP) Use Among Drug Users In New York City. Annals of Epidemiology. 2006; 16(4):266-272. Available

Vlahov D, Celentano DD. Access To Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy For Injection Drug Users: Adherence, Resistance, And Death. Cad Saude Publica. 2006; 22(4):705-718. Available

Galea S, Nandi A, Coffin PO, Tracy M, Markham Piper T, Ompad D, Vlahov D. Heroin and cocaine dependence and the risk of accidental non-fatal drug overdose. J Addict Dis. 2006; 25(3):79-87.

Vlahov D, Galea S, Ahern J, Rudenstine S, Resnick H, Kilpatrick D, Crum RM. Alcohol drinking problems among New York City residents after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Substance Use Misuse. 2006; 41(9):1295-311.

Washington TA, Galai N, Cohn S, Celentano DD, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. The Relationship Between Self-Reported Sexual Orientation And Behavior In A Sample Of Middle-Aged Male Injection Drug Users. Arch Sex Behav. 2006; 35(1):67-74. Available

Frye, V., Manganello, J., Campbell, J., Walton-Moss, B. and Wilt, S. The distribution of and factors associated with “intimate terrorism” and “situational couple violence” among a population-based sample of urban women in the United States. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2006; Vol. 21. No. 10:

Bonner S, Matte T, Rubin M, Fagan JK, Ahern J, Evans D. Oral â2-agonist use by preschool children with asthma in East and Central Harlem, New York. J Asthma. 2006; 83(2):144-45.

Person S, Tracy M, Galea S. Risks factors for depression six months after disaster. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2006; 194(9):659-666.

2005 Publications

Mehta SH, Thomas DL, Sulkowski MS, Sagaein M, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. A framework for understanding factors that affect access and utilization of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection among HCV-mono-infected and HIV/HCV-co-infected injection drugs users. AIDS. 2005; 19 Suppl 3:S179-S189.

Rusch ML, Farzadegan H, Tarwater PM, Safaeian M, Vlahov D, Strathdee S. Sexual risk behavior among injection drug users before widespread availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy. AIDS Behav. 2005; 9(3):1-11.

Boscarino JA, Adams RE, Stuber J, Galea S. Disparities in mental health treatment following the World Trade Center disaster: implications for mental health care and health services research. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2005; 18(4):287-297. Available

Galea S, Ahern J, Karpati A. A model of underlying socioeconomic vulnerability in human populations: evidence from variability in population health and implications for public health.. Soc Sci Med. 2005; 60(11):2417-2430.

Galea S, Freudenberg N, Vlahov D. Cities and population health. Social Science & Medicine. 2005; 60(5):017-33.

Fuller CM, Absalon J, Ompad D, Nash D, Koblin B, Blaney S, Galea S, Vlahov D. A comparison of HIV seropositive and seronegative young adult heroin- and cocaine-using men who have sex with men in New York City, 2000-2003. J Urban Health. 2005; 82(1) Suppl.1:151-161. Available

Galea S, Sisco S, Vlahov D. Reducing disparities in vaccination rates between different racial/ethnic and socioeconomic groups: the potential of community-based multilevel interventions. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. 2005; 28(1):49-59. Available

Freudenberg N, Galea S, Vlahov D . Beyond urban penalty and urban sprawl: back to living conditions as the focus of urban health.. Journal of Community Health. 2005; 30(1):1-11. Available

Hembree C, Galea S, Ahern J, Tracy M, Markham Piper T, Miller J, Vlahov D, Tardiff KJ . The urban built environment and overdose mortality in New York City neighborhoods. Health Place. 2005; 11:147-56. Available

Freudenberg N, Galea S, Vlahov D. Beyond urban penalty and urban sprawl: back to living conditions as the focus of urban health.. Journal of Community Health. 2005; (30)1:1-11. Available

Smit E, Semba RD, Pilibosian E, Vlahov D, Tun W, Purvis L, Tang AM.. Body habitus in a cohort of HIV-seronegative injection drug users. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2005; 19(1):19-30. Available

Galai N, Vlahov D, Bareta JC, Wang C, Cohn S, Sterling TR. Prognostic factors for survival differ according to CD4+ cell count among HIV-infected injection drug users: pre-HAART and HAART eras. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2005; 38(1):74-81. Available

Tardiff KJ, Wallace Z, Tracy M, Markham Piper T, Vlahov D, Galea S. Drug and alcohol use as determinants of New York City homicide trends from 1990 to 1998. J Forensic Sci. 2005; 50(2):1-5. Available

Galea S, Resnick H. Posttraumatic stress disorder in the general population after mass terrorist incidents: considerations about the nature of exposure. CNS Spectr. 2005; 10(5):107-15.

Havens K, Ompad D, Latkin C, Fuller C, Arria A, Vlahov D, Strathdee S. Suicidal ideation among African-American non-injection drug users. Ethn Dis. 2005; 15(1):110-15. Available

Vlahov D, Ahern J, Vazquez T, Johnson S, Philips L, Nash D, Mitchell M, Freeman H. Racial/ethnic differences in screening for colon cancer: report from the New York Cancer Project. Ethn Dis. 2005; 15(1):76-83. Available

Sterling TR, Pisell-Noland T, Perez JL, Astemborski J, McGriff JR, Nutting L, Hoover DR, Vlahov D, Bollinger RC. Sex-based differences in T lymphocyte responses in HIV-1-seropositive individuals. J Infect Dis. 2005; 191:881-885. Available

Lai S, Lima JAC, Hong L, Vlahov D, Celentano D, Tong W, Bartlett JG, Margolick J, Fishman EK. Human immunodeficiency virus 1 infection, cocaine, and coronary calcification. Arch Intern Med. 2005; 165:690-695. Available

Ompad DC, Ikeda RM, Shah N, Fuller C, Bailey S, Morse E, Kerndt P, Maslow C, Wu Y, Vlahov D, Garfein R, Strathdee SA, for the Collaborative Injection Drug Users Study II. Childhood sexual abuse and age at initiation of injection drug use. Am J Pub Health. 2005; 95(4):703-709. Available

Fuller CM, Borrell LN, Latkin CA, Galea S, Ompad DC, Strathdee SA,Vlahov D. Effects of race, neighborhood, and social network on age at initiation of injection drug use. Am J Pub Health. 2005; 95(4):689-695. Available

Vlahov D, Galea S, Freudenberg N. The urban health "advantage". J Urban Health. 2005; 82(1):1-4. Available

Duggal P, Winkler CA, An P, Yu M, Farzadegan F, O’Brien SH, Beaty TH, Vlahov D. The effect of RANTES chemokine genetic variants on HIV-1 plasma RNA among African American injection drug users. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005; 38(5):584-589. Available

Fernandez WG, Hung O, Bruno GR, Galea S, Chiang WK.. Factors predictive of acute renal failure and need for hemodialysis among ED patients with rhabdomyolysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2005; 23(1):1-7. Available

Galea S, Resnick H.. Posttraumatic stress disorder in the general population after mass terrorist incidents: considerations about the nature of exposure. CNS Spectr. 2005; 10(2):107-115. Available

Baker EA, Metzler MM, Galea S. Addressing social determinants of health inequities: learning from doing. Am J Public Health. 2005; 95(4):553-555. Available

Vlahov D, Galea S, Freudenberg N. Toward an urban health advantage. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2005; 11(3):256-258. Available

Cox AL, Netski DM, Mosbruger T, Sherman SG, Strathdee S, Ompad D, Vlahov D, Chien D, Shyamala V, Ray SC, Thomas DL. Prospective evaluation of community-acquired acute-phase hepatitis C virus infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2005; 40:951-958. Available

Vlahov D, Galea S, Gibble E, Freudenberg N. Perspectives on urban conditions and population health. Cad. Saude Publica, Rio de Janeiro. 2005; 21(3):949-957. Available

Vlahov D, Galai N, Safaeian M, Galea S, Kirk GD, Lucas GM, Sterling TM. Effectiveness of highly antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users with late-stage human immunodeficiency virus infection. Am J Epidemiol. 2005; 161:1-14.

Strathdee SA, Latka M, Campbell J, O'Driscoll T, Golub ET, Kapadia F, Pollini RA, Garfien RS, Thomas DL, and Hagen H. Factors associated with interest in initiating treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among young HCV-infected injection drug users. For the Study to Reduce Intravenous Exposures Project. Clin Infect Dis. 2005; 40(Suppl 5):S304-312. Available

Vlahov D, Galai N, Safaeian M, Galea S, Kirk GD, Lucas GM, Sterling TR.. Effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users with late-stage human immunodeficiency virus infection. Am J Epidemiol. 2005; 161:999-1012. Available

Galea S, Nandi A, Vlahov D. The epidemiology of post-traumatic stress disorder after disasters. Epidemiol Rev. 2005; 27(1):78-91. Available

Mitchell CS, Gershon RR, Lears MK, Vlahov D, Felknor S, Lubelczyk RA, Sherman MF, Comstock GW. Risk of tuberculosis in correctional health care workers. J Occup Environ Med. 2005; 47(6):580-586. Available

Galea S, Rudenstine S. Challenges in understanding disparities in drug use and its consequences. J Urban Health. 2005; 82(2 Suppl 3):iii5-iii12. Available

Tracy M, Markham Piper T, Ompad D, Bucciarelli A, Coffin PO, Vlahov D, Galea S. Circumstances of witnessed drug overdose in New York City: Implications for intervention. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005; 79:181-190. Available

Tracy M, Markham Piper T, Ompad D, Bucciarelli A, Coffin PO, Vlahov D, Galea S. Circumstances of witnessed drug overdoses in New York City: implications for intervention. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005; 79:181-190. Available

Ompad DC, Galea S, Fuller CM, Edwards V, Vlahov D. Ecstasy use among Hispanic and black substance users in New York City. Subst Use Misuse. 2005; 40(9):1399-407. Available

Howe CJ, Fuller CM, Ompad DC, Galea S, Koblin B, Thomas D, Vlahov D. Association of sex, hygiene and drug equipment sharing with hepatitis C virus infection among non-injecting drug users in New York City. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005; 79(3):389-395. Available

Tracy M, Piper TM, Ompad DO, Bucciarelli A, Coffin PO, Vlahov D, Galea S. Circumstances of witnessed drug overdose in New York City: implications for intervention. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005; 79(2):181-190. Available

Kapadia F, Vlahov D, Donahoe RM, Friedland G. The role of substance abuse in HIV disease progression: reconciling differences from laboratory and epidemiologic investigations. Clin Infect Dis. 2005; 41(7):1027-34.

Pouget ER, Deren S, Fuller CM, Blaney S, McMahon JM, Kang S, Tortu S, Andia JF, Des Jarlais DC, Vlahov D. Receptive syringe sharing among injection drug users in Harlem and the Bronx during the New York State Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program. J Acquir Immun Def. 2005; 39:471-7.

Galea S, Rudenstine S, Vlahov D. Drug use, misuse, and the urban environment. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2005; 24(2):127-136. Available

Golub ET, Purvis LA, Sapun M, Sagaeian M, Beyrer C, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. Changes in willingness to participate in HIV vaccine trials among HIV-negative injection drug users. AIDS Behav. 2005; 1-9. Available

Rusch ML, Farzadegan H, Tarwater PM, Safaeian M, Vlahov D, Strathdee S. Sexual risk behavior among injection drug users before widespread availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy. AIDS Behav. 2005; 1-11.

Vlahov D, Galea S. Invited commentary: considering bias in the assessment of respiratory symptoms among residents of Lower Manhattan following the events of September 11, 2001. Am J Epidemiol. 2005; 162(6):508-10. Available

Howe CJ, Fuller CM, Ompad DC, Galea S, Koblin B, Thomas D, Vlahov D. Association of sex, hygiene and drug equipment sharing with hepatitis C virus infection among non-injecting drug users in New York City. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005; 79(3):389-95. Available

Macalino GE, Vlahov D, Dickinson BP, Schwartzapfel B, Rich JD. Community incidence of hepatitis B and C among reincarcerated women. Clin Infect Dis. 2005; 41(7):998-1002. Available

Galea S, Ahern J, Rudenstine S, Wallace Z, Vlahov D. Urban built environment and depression: a multilevel analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2005; 59:822-7. Available

Dancheck B, Tang AM, Thomas AM, Smith E, Vlahov D, Semba RD. Injection drug use is an independent risk factor for iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia among HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative women. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005; 40:198-201.

Milan S, Ickovics J, Vlahov D, Boland R, Schoenbaum E, Schuman P, Moore J. Interpersonal predictors of depression trajectories in women with HIV. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2005; 73(4):678-88.

Young M, Stuber J, Ahern J, Galea S. Interpersonal discrimination and the health of illicit drug users. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2005; 31(3):371-91.

Stuber JP, Galea S. Barriers to mental health treatment after disasters. Psychiatr Serv. 2005; 56(9):1157-8.

Fernandez WG, Galea S, Miller J, Ahern J, Chiang W, Kennedy EL, Garritano J. Health status among emergency department patients approximately one year after consecutive disasters in New York City. Acad Emerg Med. 2005; 12(10):958-64.

Frye V, Hosein V, Waltermauerer E, Blaney S and Wilt S. The epidemiology of femicide in New York City: 1990 - 1999. Homicide Studies. 2005; 9(3):204-28. Available

Walton-Moss B, Manganello J, Frye V and Campbell J. Prevalence and risk factors for intimate partner violence and associated injury among urban women. Journal of Community Health. 2005; 30(5):377-89. Available

Gershon RR, Mitchell C, Sherman MF, Vlahov D, Lears MK, Felknor S, Lubelczyk RA. Hepatitis B vaccination in correctional health care workers. Am J Infect Control. 2005; 33(9):510-18.

Galea S, Nandi A, Stuber J, Gold J, Acierno R, Best CL, Bucuvalas M, Rudenstine S, Boscarino JA, Resnick H. Participant reactions to survey research in the general population after terrorist attacks. J Trauma Stress. 2005; 18(5):461-5.

Nandi A, Galea S, Ahern J, Vlahov D. Correlates of probable cigarette dependence after an urban disaster: Results from a population survey of New York City residents four months after September 11, 2001. Psychiatry. 2005; 68(4):299-310.

Santibanez SS, Garfein RS, Swartzendruber A, Kerndt PR, Morse E, Ompad D, Strathdee S, Williams IT, Friedman SR, Ouellet LJ. Prevalence and correlates of crack-cocaine injection among young injection drug users in the United States, 1997-1999. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005; 77(3):227-33.

Latka MH, Wilson TE, Cook JA, Bacon MC, Richardson JL, Sohler N, Cohen MH, Greenblatt RM, Andreopoulos E, Vlahov D. Impact of drug treatment on subsequent sexual risk behavior in a multisite cohort of drug-using women: a report from the Women’s Interagency HIV Study. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2005; 29(4):329-37.

Shrestha S, Strathdee SA, Galai N, Oleksyk T, Fallin MD, Mehta S, Schaid D, Vlahov D, O’Brien SJ, Smith MW. Behavioral risk exposure and host genetics of susceptibility to HIV-1 infection. J Infect Dis. 2005; 193(1):16-26.

Modi WS, Scott K, Goedert JJ, Vlahov D, Buchbinder S, Detels R, Donfield S, O’Brien SJ. Haplotype analysis of the SDF-1 (CXCL12) gene in a longitudinal HIV-1/AIDS cohort study. Genes Immun. 2005; 6(8):691-8. Available

Sherman SG, Fuller CM, Shah N, Ompad D,Vlahov D,Strathdee SA. Correlates Of Initiation Of Injection Drug Use Among Young Drug Users In Baltimore, Maryland: The Need For Early Intervention . J Psychoactive Drugs. 2005; 37(4):437-43. Available

Sherman SG, Fuller CM, Shah N, Ompad D, Vlahov D,Strathdee SA. Correlates Of Intiation Of Injection Drug Use Among Young Drug Users In Baltimore, Maryland: The Need For Early Intervention . J Psychoactive Drugs. 2005; 37(4):437-43. Available

Goulub ET, Bareta JC, Mehta SH, McCall LD, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. Correlates Of Unsafe Syringe Acquisition And Disposal Among Injection Drug Users In Baltimore, Maryland. Subst Use Misuse. 2005; 40(12):1751-64. Available

Nandi A, Galea S, Ahern J, Vlahov D.. Probable Cigarette Dependence, PTSD, And Depression After An Urban Disaster: Results From A Population Survey Of New York City Residents 4 Months After September 11, 2001.. Psychiatry. 2005; 68:99-310. Available

Adams R, Boscarino J, Galea S. Social and psychological resources and health outcomes after the World Trade Center disaster. Social Science & Medicine. 2005;

Kapadia F, Cook JA, Cohen MH, Sohler N, Kovacs A, Greenblatt RM, Choudhary I, Vlahov D. The relationship between non-injection drug use behaviors on progression to AIDS and death in a cohort of HIV seropositive women in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy use. Addiction. 2005; 100(7):990-1002. Available

2004 Publications

Boscarino J, Figley C, Adams R,Galea S, Resnick H, Fleischman AR, Bucuvalas M, Gold J. Adverse Reactions Associated with Studying Persons Recently Exposed to Mass Urban Disaster. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2004; 192 No. 8:515-524.

Vlahov D, Gibble E, Freudenberg N, Galea S. Cities and health: history, approaches, and key questions. Academic Medicine. 2004; 79(12):1133-1138. Available

Winkler CA, Hendel H, Carrington M, Smith MW, Nelson GW, O'Brien SJ, Phair J, Vlahov D, Jacobson LP, Rappaport J, Vasilescu A, Bertin-Maghit S, An P, Lu W, Andrieu JM, Schachter F, Therwath A, Zagury JF. Dominant effects of CCR2-CCR5 haplotypes in HIV-1 disease progression. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2004; 37(4):1534-8. Available

Ahern J, Galea S, Fernandez WG, Koci B, Waldman R, Vlahov D. Gender, social support, and posttraumatic stress in postwar Kosovo. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2004; 192 (11):762-770. Available

Pilowsky DJ, Zybert PA, Vlahov D. Resilient children of injection drug users. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2004; 43(11):1372-9. Available

Nandi A, Galea , Tracy M, Ahern J, Resnick H, Gershon R, Vlahov D. Job loss, unemployment, work stress, job satisfaction, and the persistence of posttraumatic stress disorder one year after the September 11 attacks. J Occup Environ Med. 2004; 46(10):1057-1064. Available

Thio CL, Mosbruger TL, Kaslow RA, Karp CL, Strathdee SA, Vlahov D, O'Brien SJ, Astemborski J, Thomas DL. Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 gene and recovery from hepatitis B virus injection. Journal of Virology. 2004; 78:11258-11262. Available

An P, Bleiber G, Duggal P, Nelson G, May M, Mangeat B, Alobwede I, Trono D, Vlahov D, Donfield S, Goedert JJ, Phair J, Buchbinder S, O'Brien SJ, Telenti A, Winkler CA. APOBEC3G genetic variants and their influence on the progression to AIDS. Journal of Virology. 2004; 78:11070-11076. Available

Purcell DW, Metsch LR, Latka M, Santibanez S, Gomez CA, Eldred L, Latkin CA: for the INSPIRE Study Group. Interventions for seropositive injectors-research and evaluations: an integrated behavioral intervention with HIV-positive injection drug users to address medical care, adherence, and risk reduction. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2004; 37:S110-S118. Available

Galea S, Vlahov D, Tracy M, Hoover DR, Resnick H, Kilpatrick D. Hispanic etnicity and post-traumatic stress disorder after a disaster: evidence from a general survey after September 11, 2001. Annals of Epidemiology. 2004; 14(8):520-531. Available

Ompad D, Galea S, Fuller CM, Phelan D, Vlahov D. Club drug use among minority substance users in New York City. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 2004; 36(3):397-9. Available

Wang C, Vlahov D, Galai N, Bareta J, Strathdee SA, Nelson KE, Sterling TR. Mortality in HIV-seropositive versus -seronegative persons in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: implications for when to initiate therapy. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2004; 190(6):1046-54. Available

Havens JR, Strathdee SA, Fuller C, Ikeda R, Friedman SR, Des Jarlais DC, Morse PS, Baily S, Kerndt P, Garfein PS: Collaborative Injection Drug Study Group. Correlates of attempted suicide among young injection drug users in a multi-site cohort. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2004; 75(3):260-9.

Hamburger ME, Moore J, Koenig LJ, Vlahov D, Schoenbaum EE, Schuman P, Mayer K for the HIV Epidemiology Research Study Group. Persistance of inconsistant condom use: relation to abuse history and HIV serostatus. AIDS and Behavior. 2004; 8(3):333-334. Available

Vlahov D, Galea S. Epidemiologic research and disasters. Annals of Epidemiology. 2004; 14(8):532-4. Available

Becker Buxton M, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA, Des Jarlais DC, Morce EV, Ouellet L, Kerndt P, Garfein RS. Association between injection practices and duration of injection among recently initiated injection drug users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2004; 75(2):177-83.

Vlahov D, Wang, C, Galai N, Bareta J, Mehta SH, Strathdee SA, Nelson KE. Mortality risk among new onset injection drug users. Addiction. 2004; 99(8):946-54. Available

Khakoo SI, Thio CL, Martin MP, Brooks CR, Gao X, Astermborski J, Cheng J, Goedert JJ, Vlahov D, Hilgartner M, Cox S, Little AM, Alexander GJ, Cramp ME, O'Brien SJ, Rosenberg WM, Thomas DL, Carrington M. HLA and NK cell inhibitory receptor genes in resolving hepatitis C virus infection. Science. 2004; 305(5685):872-4. Available

Macalino GE, Vlahov D, Sanford-Colby S, Patel S, Sabin K, Salas C, Rich JD. Prevalence and incidence of HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus infections among males in Rhode Island prisons. American Journal of Public Health. 2004; 94(7):1218-23. Available

Bryant WK, Galea S, Tracy M, Markham Piper T, Tardiff KJ, Vlahov D. Overdose deaths attributed to methadone and heroin in New York City, 1990-1998. Addiction. 2004; 99(7):846-54. Available

Hawryluck L, Gold WL, Robinson S, Pogorski S, Galea S, Styra R. SARS control and psychological effects of quarantine, Toronto, Canada. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2004; 10(7):1206-12. Available Download PDF

Mitchell MK, Gregersen PK, Johnson S, Parsons R, Vlahov D. The New York Cancer Project: rationale, organization, design, and baseline characteristics. Journal of Urban Health. 2004; 81(2):301-10. Available

El-Bassel N, Gilbert L, Frye V, Wu E, Go H, Gill J, Richman BL. Physical and sexual intimate partner violence among women in methadone maintenance treatment. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 2004; 18(2):180-3.

Vlahov D. Transparent reporting of evaluations with nonrandomized designs (TREND). Journal of Urban Health. 2004; 81(2):163-4. Available

Golub ET, Latka M, Hagan H, Havens JR, Hudson SM, Kapadia F, Campbell JV, Garfein RS, Thimas DL, Strathdee SA. Screening for depressive symptoms amoung HCV-infected injection drug users: examination of the utility of the CES-D and the Beck depression inventory. Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 2004; 81(2):278-90. Available

Garfein RS, Monterroso ER, Tong TC, Vlahov D, Des Jarlais DC, Selwyn P, Kerndt PR, Word C, Fernando MD, Ouellet LJ, Homberg SD. Comparison of HIV infection risk behaviors among injection drug users from east and west coast US cities. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 2004; 81(2):260-7. Available

Karacki PS, Gao X, Thio CL, Thomas DL, Goedert JJ, Vlahov D, Kaslow RA, Strathdee S, Hilgartner MW, O'Brien SJ, Carrington M. MICA and recovery from hepatitis C virus and hepatitis B virus infections. Genes and Immunity. 2004; 5(4):261-6.

Thio CL, Goedert JJ, Mosbruger T, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA, O'Brein S, Astemborski J, Thomas DL. An analysis of tumor necrosis factor alpha gene polymorphisms and haplotypes with natural clearance of hepatitis C virus infection. Genes and Immunity. 2004; 5(4):294-300.

Nelson, BD, Fernandez WG, Galea S, Sisco S, Dierberg K, Gorgieva GS, Nandi AK, Ahern J, Mitrovic M, VanRooyen M, Vlahov D. War-related psychological sequelae among emergency room department patients in the former Republic of Yugoslavia. BMC Medicine. 2004; 2(1):22.

Smith MW, Patterson N, Lautenberger HA, Truelove AL, McDonald GJ, Waliszewka A, Kessing BD, Malesky MJ, Scafe C, Le E, De Jager PL, Mignault AA,Yi Z, De the G, Essex M, Sanale JL, Moore JH, Poku K, Phair JP, Goedert JJ, Vlahov D, Williams SM, Tishkoff SA, Winkler CA, De Le Vega FM, Woodage T, Sninksy JJ, Hafler Da, Altshurler D, Gilbert DA, O'Brien SJ, Reich D. A high density admixture map for disease gene discovery in African Americans. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2004; 74(5):1001-13.

Rompalo AM, Shah N, Margolick JB, Farzadegan H, Arnsten J, Schuman P, Rich JD, Gardner LI, Smith DK, Vlahov D: HIV Epidemiology Research Study Group. Evaluation of possible effects of continued drug use on HIV progression among women. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 2004; 15(5):322-7. Available

Vlahov D, Galea S, Ahern J, Resnick H, Boscarino JA, Gold J, Bucuvalas M, Kilpatrick D. Consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana amoung New York City residents six months after the September 11 terrorist attacks. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 2004; 30(2):285-407. Available

Tun W, Gange SJ, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA, Celentano DD. Increase in sexual risk behavior associated with immunologic response to highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected injection drug users. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2004; 38(8):1167-74. Available

Frangakis CE, Brookmeyer RS, Varadhan R, Safaeian M, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. Methodology for evaluating a partially controlled longitudinal treatment using principal stratification, with application to a needle exchange program. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 2004; 99(465):239-249. Available

Sethi AK, Celentano DD, Gange SJ, Gallant JE, Vlahov D, Farzadegan H. High-risk behavior and potential transmission of drug-resistant HIV among injection drug users. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2004; 35(5):503-510. Available

Vlahov D, Galea S. War and anxiety disorders. Epidemiology. 2004; 15(2):129-130. Available

Ahern J, Galea S, Resnick H, Vlahov D. Television images and probable posttraumatic stress disorder after September 11: the role of background characteristics, event exposures, and perievent panic. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2004; 192(3):217-26. Available

Fuller CM, Ompad DC, Galea S, Wu Y, Koblin B, Vlahov D. Hepatitis C incidence-a comparison between injection and noninjection drug users in New York City. Journal of Urban Health. 2004; 81(1):20-24. Available

Vlahov D, Fuller CM, Ompad DC, Galea S, Des Jarlais DC. Updating the infection risk reduction hierarchy: Preventing transition into injection. Journal of Urban Health. 2004; 81(1):14-19. Available

Coffin PO, Fuller C, Blaney S, Vadnai L, Miller S, Vlahov D. Syringe distribution to injection drug users for prevention of HIV infection: opinions and practices of health care providers in New York City. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2004; 38(3):438-41. Available

Garten RJ, Lai S, Zhange J, Liu W, Chen J, Vlahov D, Yu XF. Rapid transmission of hepatitis C virus among young injecting heroin users in Southern China. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2004; 33(1):182-8. Available

Vlahov D, Galea S, Ahern J, Resnick H, Kilpatrick D. Sustained increased consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana among Manhattan residents after September 11, 2001. American Journal of Public Health. 2004; 94(2):253-4. Available

Fernandez WG, Galea S, Ahern J, Sisco S, Waldman RJ, Koci B, Vlahov D. Mental health status among ethnic Albanians seeking medical care in an emergency department two years after the war in Kosovo: a pilot project. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2004; 43(2):E1-8. Available

Galea S, Nandi A, Vlahov D. The social epidemiology of substance use. Epidemiologic Reviews. 2004; 26:36-52.

Torbenson M, Kannangai R, Astemborski J, Strathdee SA, Vlahov D, Thomas DL. High prevalence of occult hepatitis B in Baltimore injection drug users. Hepatology. 2004; 39(1):51-7.

Resnick H, Galea S, Kilpatrick D, Vlahov D. Research on trauma and PTSD in the aftermath of 9/11. PTSD Research Quarterly. 2004; 15(1):1-8. Available

Fuller CM, Galea S, Blaney S, Ompad DC, Deren S, Des Jarlais D, Vlahov D.. Explaining the relationship between race/ethnicity and pharmacy-purchased syringes among injection drug users in New York City. Ethnicity and Disease. 2004; 14:589-96. Available

Dezzutti CS, Astemborski J, Thomas DL, Marshall JH, Cabrera T, Purdy M, Vlahov D, Garfein RS. Prevalence of cryoglobulinemia in hepatitis C virus (HCV) positive patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2004; 31:210-214. Available

Bruzzese J, Bonner S, Vincent EJ, Sheares BJ, Mellins RB, Levison MJ, Wiesemann S, Du Y, Zimmerman BJ, Evans D. Asthma education: the adolescent experience. Patient Educations and Counseling. 2004; 55:396-406. Available

Ompad DC, Galea S, Fuller CM, Phelan D, Vlahov D. Club drug use among minority substance users in New York City. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 2004; 36(3):397-99. Available

Dorrucci M, Valdarchi C, Suligoi B, Zaccarelli, Sinicco A, Giuliami M, Vlahov D, Pezzotti P, Rezza G and the Italian HIV Seroconversion Study. The effect of hepatitis C on progression to AIDS before and after highly active antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2004; 18(17):2313-8. Available

Martin MP, Lederman MM, Hutcheson HB, Goedert JJ, Nelson GW, van Kooyk Y, Detels R, Buchbinder S, Hoots K, Vlahov D, O’Brien SJ, Carrington M. Association of DC-SIGN promoter polymorphism with increased risk for parenteral, but not mucosal, acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. Journal of Virology. 2004; 78(24):14053-6. Available

Boscarino J, Figley C, Adams R. Compassion Fatigue Following the September 11 Terrorist Attacks: A Study of Secondary Trauma among New York City Social Workers. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health. 2004; 6 No. 2d:57-66.

Vlahov,D., Galea, S., Ahern,J. Resnick,H., Boscarino, J., Gold, J., Bucuvalas, M., Kilpatrick,D.. Consumption of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana Among New York Residents Six Months After the September 11 Terrorist Attacks. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 2004; 30 No. 2:385-407.

2003 Publications

Galea S, Ahern J, Vlahov D. Contextual determinants of drug use risk behavior: a theoretic framework. Journal of Urban Health. 2003; 80(4 Suppl 3):iii50-8. Available

Normand JL, Lambert EY, Vlahov D. Understanding the dynamics of sexual transmission of HIV among drug-using populations: an integration of biological, behavioral, and environmental perspectives. Journal of Urban Health. 2003; 80(4 Suppl 3):iii1-6. Available

Royal W, Vlahov D, Lyles C, Gajewski CD. Retinoids and drugs of abuse: implications for neurological disease risk in Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2003; 37 Suppl 5:S427-32. Available

Latka M. Drug using women need comprehensive sexual risk reduction interventions. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2003; 37 Suppl 5:S445-50. Available

Stuber J, Galea G, Ahern J, Blaney S, Fuller C. The association between multiple domains of discrimination and self-assessed health: a multilevel analysis of Latinos and blacks in four low-income New york City neighborhoods. Health Services Research. 2003; 38(6 Pt 2):1735-59. Available

Deren S, Fuller C, Pouget ER, Blaney S, Torty S, Kang SY McMahon JM et al. Impact of expanding syring access in New York on sources of syringes for injection drug users in Harlem and the Bronx, NYC, USA. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2003; 14(5-6):373-9.

Fagan J, Galea S, Ahern J, Bonner S, Vlahov D. Relationship of self-reported asthma severity and urgent health care utilization to psychological sequalae of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center amoung New York City area residents. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2003; 65(6): Available

Vlahov D, Galea S. Urban health: a new discipline. Lancet. 2003; 362(9390):1091-2. Available

Zwahlen M, Vlahov D. Commentary: modeling and understanding differences in human immunodeficiency and hepatitis C virus epidemiology in injection drug users. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2003; 32(5):715-6. Available

Galai N, Safaeian M, Vlahov D, Bolotin A, Celentano D. Longitudinal patterns of drug injection behavior for individuals in the ALIVE cohort 1988-2000: description and determinants. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2003; 158(7):695-704. Available

Pulcino T, Galea S, Ahern J, Resnick H, Foley M, Vlahov D. Posttraumatic stress in women after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City. Journal of Women's Health. 2003; 12(8):809-820. Available

Rudensteine S, Galea S, Ahern J, Felton C, Vlahov D. Awareness and perceptions of a communitywide mental health program in New York City after September 11. Psychiatric Services. 2003; 54(10):1404-06. Available

Tun W, Celentano D, Vlahov D, Strathdee S. Attitudes toward HIV treatments influence unsafe sexual and injection practices amoung injecting drug users. AIDS. 2003; 17(13):1953-62. Available

Galea S, Vlahov D, Resnick H, Ahern J, Susser E, Gold J, Bucuvalas M, Kilpatrick D. Trends of probable post-traumatic stress disorder in New York City after the September 11 terrorist attacks. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2003; 158(6):514-24. Available

Minior T, Galea S, Stuber J, Ahern J, Ompad DC. Racial differences in discrimination experiences and responses among minority substance users. Ethnicity and Disease. 2003; 13(4):521-7. Available

Mayer KH, Hogan JW, Smith D, Klein RS, Schuman P, Margolick JB, Korkontzelou C, Farzedegan H, Vlahov D, Carpenter CC, HIV Epidemiology Research Study (HERS) Group. Clinical and immunologic progression in HIV-infected US women before and after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2003; 33(5):614-24. Available

Pilowsky DJ, Zybert PA, Hsieh PW, Vlahov D, Susser E. Children of HIV-positive drug-using parents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2003; 42(8):950-6. Available

Wolfe R, Lobozzo J, Frye V, Sharp V. Screening for substance use, sexual practices, mental illness, and domestic violence in HIV primary care. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2003; 33(4):548-9. Available

Ompad DC, Fagan J, Galea S, Ahern J, Bonner S, Vlahov D. Relationship of self-reported asthma severity and urgent health care utilization to psychological sequelae of the September 11 attacks among New York City residents. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2003; 55(2):142. Available

Ahern J, Pickett K, Selvin W, Abrams B.. Preterm births among African-Americans and white women: a multilevel analysis of socioeconomic characteristics and cigarette smoking. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2003; 57(8):606-11. Available

Koblin B, Factor SH, Wu Y, Vlahov D. Hepatitis C virus infection among non-injecting drug users in New York City. Journal of Medical Virology. 2003; 70(3):387-90.

An P, Vlahov D, Margolick JB, Phair J, O'Brien TR, Lautenberger J, O'Brien SJ, Winkler CA. A tumor necrosis factor-alpha-inducible promoter variant of interferon-gamma accelerates CD4+T cell depletion in human immunodeficiency virus-1-infected individuals. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2003; 188(2):228-31. Available

Campbell JC, Webster D, Koziol-McLain J, Block C, Campbell D, Curry MA, Gary F, Glass N, McFarlane J, Sachs C, Sharps P, Ulrich Y, Wilt SA, Manganello J, Xu X, Schollenberger J, Frye V, Laughon K. Risk factors for femicide in abusive relationships: results from a multi-site case control study. American Journal of Public Health. 2003; 93(7):1089-1097. Available

Boscarino JA, Galea S, Ahern J...Vlahov D.. Psychiatric medication use among Manhattan residents following the World Trade Center disaster. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2003; 16(3):301-6. Available

Galea S, Ahern J...,Coffin PO, Kerr K, Vlahov D.. Racial/Ethnic disparities in overdose mortality trends in New York City, 1990-1998. Journal of Urban Health. 2003; 80(2):201-11. Available

Coffin P, Fuller C, Vadnai L, Blaney S, Galea S, Vlahov D. Preliminary evidence of health care provider support for naloxone prescription as overdose fatality prevention strategy in New York City. J Urban Health. 2003; 80(2):288-90. Available

Check-Modi WS, O'Brien TR, Vlahov D, Buchbinder S, Gomperts E, Phair J, O'Brien SJ, Winkler C. Haplotype diversity in the interleukin-4 gene is not associated with HIV-1 transmission and AIDS progression. Immunogenetics. 2003; 55(3):157-64.

Check-Modi WS, O'Brien TR, Vlahov D, Buchbinder S, Gomperts E, Phair J, O'Brien SJ, Winkler C. Haplotype diversity in the interleukin-4 gene is not associated with HIV-1 transmission and AIDS progression. Immunogenetics. 2003; 55(3):157-164.

Coffin PO, Galea S, Ahern J, Loen AC, Vlahov D, Tardiff K. Opiates, cocaine and alcohol combinations in accidental drug overdose deaths in New York City, 1990-98. Addiction. 2003; 98(6):739-47. Available

Duggal P, An P, Beaty TH, Strathdee SA, Farzadegan H, Markham RB, Johnson L, O'Brien SJ, Vlahov D, Winkler CA. Genetic influence of CSCR6 chemokine receptor alleles on PCP mediated AIDS progression amoung African Americans. Genes and Immunity. 2003; 4(4):245-250.

Stover CT,...,Vlahov D et al.. Prevalence of and risk factors for viral infections among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and high-risk HIV-uninfected women. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2003; 187(9):1388-96. Available

Galea S, Ahern J, Vlahov D, Coffin PO, Fuller C,.... Income distribution and risk of fatal drug overdose in New York City neighborhoods.. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2003; 70(2):139-48.

Lai S, Lai H, Celentano DD, Vlahov D, Ren S, Margolick J, Lima JAC, Bartlett JG. Factors associated with accelerated atherosclerosis in HIV-1 infected persons treated with protease inhibitors. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2003; 17(5):211-9. Available

Golub ET,...Vlahov D,.... Psychological distress and progression to AIDS in a cohort of injection drug users. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2003; 32(4):429-34. Available

Ompad DC, Vlahov D. Letter to the editor: A drug feared in the 70's is tied to suspect in killings. New York Times. 2003; April 11:A24.

Meng Q, Lima JA, Lai H, Vlahov D, Cenentano DD, Margolick JB, Lai S. Elevated C-reactive protein levels are associated with endothelial dysfunction in chronic cocaine users. International Journal of Cardiology. 2003; 88(2-3):191-8. Available

French PP, Latka M, et al.. Use-effectiveness of the female versus male condom in preventing sexually transmitted disease in women. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2003; 30(5):433-439. Available

Des Jarlais, DC,...Diaz T,...Vlahov D,...Latka M,...Edwards V.... Variability in the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus infection among young injecting drug users in New York City. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2003; 157(5):467-71. Available

Juday TR,...,Vlahov D. The role of Medicaid HMO enrollment in the longitudinal utilization of medical care services in a cohort of injecting drug users in Baltimore, Maryland. Substance Abuse. 2003; 24(1):27-41. Available

Nash D, Magder LP, Sherwin RW, Rubin RJ, Kaufmann RE, Silbergeld EK. Blood lead, blood pressure, and hypertension in perimenoppausal and postmenopausal women. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2003; 289(12):1523-32. Available

Roehrig J, Nash D, Maldin B, Labowitz A, Martin DA, Lanciotti RS, Campbell GL. Persistence of virus-reactive serum immunoglobulin M antibody in confirmed West Nile virus encephalitis cases. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2003; 9(3):376-9. Available

Bernstein KT, Jacobson LP, Jenkins FJ, Vlahov D, Armenian HK. Human herpes virus type 8 (HHV-8) seroprevalence and factors associated with infection in an injecting drug user cohort. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2003; 30(3):199-204. Available

Henderson LH, Vlahov D, et al.. Readiness for cessation of drug use among recent attenders and nonattenders of a needle exchange program. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2003; 32(2):229-37. Available

Mulherin SA, O'Brien T, Ioannidis J, Goedert J, Buchbinder S, Coutinho R, Jamieson B, Mayer L, Michael N, Pantaleo G, Rizzardi G, Schuitemaker H, Sheppard H, Theodorou I, Vlahov D, Rosenberg P. Effects of CCR5-Delta32 and CCR2-64I alleles on HIV-1 disease progression: the protection varies with duration of infection. AIDS. 2003; 17(3):377-87. Available

Fuller CM, Vlahov D, et al. . Social circumstances of initiation of injection drug use and early shooting gallery attendance: Implications for HIV intervention among adolescent and young adult injection drug users. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. 2003; 32(1):86-93. Available

Friedman SR,...Ompad DC et al.. HIV prevalence, risk behaviors, and high-risk sexual and injection networks among young women injectors who have sex with women. American Journal of Public Health. 2003; 93(6):902-906. Available

Kuo I, Brady J, Butler C, Schwartz R, Brooner R, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. Feasibility of referring drug users from a needle exchange program into an addiction treatment program: experience with mobile treatment van and LAAM maintenance. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2003; 24(1):67-74. Available

van Olphen J, Freudenberg N, Galea S, Palermo A, Ritas C.
Advocating policies to promote community reintegration of drug users leaving jail : a case study of first steps in a policy change campaign guided by community based participatory research.
IN: Community Based Participatory Research for Health..
Minkler M, Wallerstein N
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Galea S, Boscarino JA, Resnick H, Vlahov D.
Mental health in New York City after the September 11 terrorist attacks: results from two population surveys.
IN: Mental Health, United States, 2001.
Manderscheid RW, Henderson MJ
Rockville, MD: U.S. Departmant of Health and Human Services, Public Health Services, 2003.

Latka M. Drug-using women need comprehensive sexual risk reduction interventions. Clin Infect Dis. 2003; 37(Suppl 5):S445-S450. Available

Modi MS, Winkler C, Goedert J, Vlahov D, Buchbinder S, Phair J, Donnfield S, O'Brian SJ. Contrasting influence of eotaxin chemokine gene alleles, on HIV-1 transmission and AIDS progression. AIDS. 2003; 17:2357-65.

2002 Publications

Fagan J, Galea S, Ahern J,...Vlahov D.. Self-reported increase in asthma severity after September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center-Manhattan, New York, 2001. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2002; 781-784: Available

Riley, ED,...,Vlahov D. . Drug user treatment referrals and entry among participants of a needle exchange program. Substance Use & Misuse. 2002; 1869:86: Available

Vlahov D, Galea S.. Urbanization, urbanicity, and health. Journal of Urban Health. 2002; 79 Suppl 1:S1-S12. Available

Gruskin L, ..., Vlahov D.. Incidence of Violence Against HIV-Infected and Uninfected Women: Findings from the HIV Epidemiology Research (HER) Study. Journal of Urban Health. 2002; 79(4):512-24. Available

Marshall RD, Galea S, Kilpatrick D. Psychiatric consequences of September 11. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002; 288(21):2683-4. Available

Karpati A, Galea S et al.. Variability and vulnerability at the ecological level: implications for understanding the social determinants of health. American Journal of Public Health. 2002; 92(11):1768-72. Available

Fuller CM, Ahern J, Vadnai L, Coffin PO, Galea S, Factor SH, Vlahov D.. Impact of increased syringe access: preliminary findings on injection drug user syringe source, disposal, and pharmacy sales in Harlem, New York. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (Wash). 2002; 42(6 Suppl 2):S77-82. Available

Jones TS, Coffin PO.. Preventing blood-borne infections through pharmacy syringe sales and safe community syringe disposal. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (Wash). 2002; 42(6 Suppl 2):S6-9. Available

Coffin PO, Ahern J, Dorris S, Stevenson L, Fuller C, Vlahov D.. More pharmacists in high-risk neighborhoods of New York City support selling syringes to injection drug users.. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (Wash). 2002; 42(6 Suppl 2):S62-7. Available

Kapadia F, Vlahov D, et al.. Does bleach disinfection of syringes protect against hepatitis C infection among young adult injection drug users?. Epidemiology. 2002; 13(6):738-41. Available

Howard AA,...,Vlahov D et al.. A prospective study of adherence and viral load in a large multi-center cohort of HIV-infected women. AIDS. 2002; 16(16):2175-82. Available

Galea S et al.. Social capital and violence in the United States, 1974-1993. Social Science & Medicine. 2002; 55(8):1373-83. Available

Nelson KE,...,Vlahov D.. Temporal trends in the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus infection and risk behavior among injection drug users in Baltimore, Maryland, 1988-1998. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2002; 156(7):641-53. Available

Macalino GE,...,Vlahov D.. Risk behaviors by audio computer-assisted self-interviews among HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative injection drug users.. AIDS Education and Prevention. 2002; 14(5):367-78. Available

Sheu M,...,Vlahov D, et al.. Continuity of medical care and risk of incarceration in HIV-positive and high-risk HIV-negative women. Journal of Womens Health (Larchmt). 2002; 11(8):743-50. Available

Ompad DC, Fuller CM, Vlahov D, et al.. Lack of behavior change after disclosure of hepatitis C virus infection among young injection drug users in Baltimore, Maryland. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2002; 35(7):783-8. Available

Meng Q,...,Vlahov D, et al.. Coronary artery calcification, atherogenic lipid changes, and increased erythrocyte volume in black injection drug users infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1 treated with protease inhibitors. American Heart Journal. 2002; 144(4):642-8. Available

Boscarino JA, Galea S, Ahern J, Resnick H, Vlahov D. Access to psychiatric services in New York City following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Annals of Epidemiology. 2002; 12(7):514. Available

Galea S, Resnick H, Ahern J, Gold J, Bucuvalas M, Kilpatrick D, Stuber J, Vlahov D. Posttraumatic stress disorder in Manhattan, New York City, after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2002; 79(3):340-53. Available

Vlahov D. Urban disaster: a population perspective. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2002; 79(3):205. Available

Factor SH, Wu Y, Monserrate J, Edwards V, Cuevas Y, Del Vecchio S, Vlahov D.. Drug use frequency among street-recruited heroin and cocaine users in Harlem and the Bronx before and after September 11, 2001. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2002; 79(3):404-408. Available

Martin SH,...,Vlahov D et al.. Epistatic interaction between KIR3DS1 and HLA-B delays the progression to AIDS. Nature Genetics. 2002; 31(4):429-34.

Lai S,...Vlahov D et al.. Effect of cocaine use on coronary calcium among black adults in Baltimore, Maryland. American Journal of Cardiology. 2002; 90(3):326-8. Available

Galea S, Vlahov D, et al. An investigation of the psychological effects of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York City: Developing and implementing research in the acute postdisaster period.. CNS Spectrums. 2002; 7(8):585-596. Available

Downer MV,...,Vlahov D et al.. Regional variation in CCR5-Delta32 gene distribution among women from the US HIV Epidemiology Research Study (HERS). Genes and Immunity. 2002; 3(5):295-8.

An P,...,Vlahov D.. Modulating influence on HIV/AIDS by interacting RANTES gene variants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 2002; 99(15):10002-7. Available

Meng Q,...,Vlahov D, et al.. Use of HIV protease inhibitors is associated with left ventricular morphologic changes and diastolic dysfunction. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. 2002; 30(3):306-10. Available

Stuber J, Fairbrother G, Galea S,...Vlahov D. Determinants of counseling for children in Manhattan after the September 11 attacks. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.). 2002; 53(7):815-22. Available

Boscarino JA, Galea S, Ahern J,... Vlahov D.. Utilization of mental health services following the September 11th terrorist attacks in Manhattan, New York City. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health. 2002; 4(3):143-155. Available

Celentano DD,...Vlahov D.. Self-efficacy estimates for drug use practices predict risk reduction among injection drug users. Journal of Urban Health. 2002; 79(2):245-56. Available

Factor S, Galea S...Canales E...Vlahov D.. Development of a "survival" guide for substance users in Harlem, New York City. Health Education & Behavior. 2002; 29(3):312-25. Available

Vlahov D, Galea S,...Ahern J, Boscarino J, et al. Increased use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana among Manhattan, New York, residents after the September 11th terrorist attacks. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2002; 155(11):988-96. Available

Galea S, Factor S...Canales E...Vlahov D.. Access to resources for substance users in Harlem, New York City: service provider and client perspectives. Health Education & Behavior. 2002; 29(3):296-311. Available

Wilson L,...Vlahov D.. Prospective study of infective endocarditis among injection drug users. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2002; 185(12):1761-6. Available

Shulz A,...Galea S.. Addressing social determinants of health: community-based participatory approaches to research and practice. Health Education & Behavior. 2002; 29(3):287-95. Available

Rai R,...Vlahov D et al.. Severity and correlates of liver disease in hepatitis C virus-infected injection drug users. Hepatology. 2002; 35(5):1247-55. Available

Thio CL,...Vlahov D et al.. HLA-Cw*04 and hepatitis C virus persistence. Journal of Virology. 2002; 76(10):4792-7. Available

Bounik AD,...,Vlahov D et al.. Highly active antiretroviral treatment does not increase sexual risk behaviour among French HIV infected injecting drug users. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2002; 56(5):349-53. Available

Mehta SH,...Vlahov D et al.. Protection against persistence of hepatitis C. Lancet. 2002; 359(9316):1478-83. Available

Bonner S, Zimmerman BJ, Evans D, Irigoyen M, Resnick D, Mellins RB.. An individualized intervention to improve asthma management among urban Latino and African-American families. Journal of Asthma. 2002; 39(2):167-79. Available

Fuller CM, Vlahov D, Ompad DC et al.. High-risk behaviors associated with transition from illicit non-injection to injection drug use among adolescent and young adult drug users: a case-control study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2002; 66(2):189-98.

Riley ED, Vlahov D et al. Characteristics of injection drug users who utilize tuberculosis services at sites of the Baltimore city needle exchange program. Journal of Urban Health. 2002; 79(1):113-27. Available

Fischer B,...Vlahov D.. Canadian illicit opiate users' views on methadone and other opiate prescription treatment: an exploratory qualitative study. Substance Use & Misuse. 2002; 37(4):495-522. Available

Galea S, Ahern J,...Vlahov D.. Psychological sequelae of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City. New England Journal of Medicine. 2002; 346(13):982-7. Available

Vlahov D, Galea S, Frankel D. New York City, 2001: reaction and response. Journal of Urban Health. 2002; 79(1):2-5. Available

Galea S, Ahern J...Vlahov D.. Drugs and firearm deaths in New York City, 1990-1998. Journal of Urban Health. 2002; 79(1):70-86. Available

Semba RD,...,Vlahov D.. Risk factors and cumulative incidence of anaemia among HIV-infected injection drug users. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 2002; 13(2):119-23. Available

Semba RD,...Vlahov D.. High prevalence of iron deficiency and anemia among female injection drug users with and without HIV infection. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2002; 29(2):142-4. Available

Safaeian M, Brookmeyer R, Vlahov D, Latkin C, Marx M, Strathdee SA. Validity of self-reported needle exchange attendance among injection drug users: implications for program evaluation. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2002; 155(2):169-75. Available

Thio CL,...Vlahov D, et al.. Racial differences in HLA class II associations with hepatitis C virus outcomes. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2002; 185(2):266-8. Available

Vlahov D.. Epidemiologic studies of illicit drug use as a cofactor for HIV progression.. Clarifying the Controversy about Whether Drug Abuse Influences AIDS Progression, NIDA Satellite Sessions in Association with the XIV International AIDS Conference. 2002; Available

Diaz T, Vlahov D, Edwards V...Latka M, Monterroso E.. Sex-specific differences in circumstances of initiation into injecting-drug use among young adult Latinos in Harlem, New York City. Aids and Behavior. 2002; 6(2):117-122.

Safaeian M,...Vlahov D et al.. Validity of self-reported needle exchange attendance among injection drug users: implications for program evaluation. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2002; 155(2):169-75. Available

Ahern J, Galea S,...Vlahov D.. Television images and psychological symptoms after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Psychiatry. 2002; 65(4):289-300. Available

Arria AM, Fuller CM...Vlahov D.. Drug dependence among young recently initiated injection drug users.. Journal of Drug Issues. 2002; 32(4):1089-1102.

Galea S, Vlahov D.. Social determinants and the health of drug users: socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarceration. Public Health Reports. 2002; 117 Suppl 1:S135-45. Available

Sisco S.
Survival Guide.
IN:
New York: The New York Academy of Medicine, 2002. Available

van Olphen J...Galea S et al..
Advocating policies to promote community reintegration of drug users leaving jail: a case study of a policy change campaign guided by community participatory research in community based participatory research for health.
IN: Community Based Participatory Research for Health.
Minkler M, Wallerstein W eds
NJ: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

2001 Publications

Phelps RM,...Vlahov D, et al. Cancer incidence in women with or at risk for HIV. International Journal of Cancer. 2001; 94(5):753-7.

Vlahov D, et al. Needle exchange programs for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infection: epidemiology and policy. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2001; 154(12 Suppl):S70-7. Available

Latka M. Female-initiated barrier methods for the prevention of STI/HIV: Where are we now? Where should we go?. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2001; 78(4):571-80. Available

Gamkhar S, Sim SC.. The impact of Federal Alcohol and Drug Abuse block grants on state and local government substance abuse program expenditures: the role of federal oversight. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 2001; 26(6):1261-90. Available

Galea S, Factor SH, Bonner S, Foley M, Freudenberg N, Latka M, Palermo AG, Vlahov D. Collaboration among community members, local health service providers, and researchers in an urban research center in Harlem, New York. Public Health Reports. 2001; 116(6):530-9. Available

Ioannidis JP,...Vlahov D, et al. Effects of CCR5-Delta32, CCR2-64I, and SDF-1 3'A alleles on HIV-1 disease progression: An international meta-analysis of individual-patient data. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2001; 135(9):782-95. Available

Sadaphal P,... Vlahov D, et al. Isoniazid preventive therapy, hepatitis C virus infection, and hepatotoxicity among injection drug users infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2001; 33(10):1687-91. Available

Vlahov D, et al. Sexual and drug risk-related behaviours after initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users. AIDS. 2001; 15(17):2311-6. Available

Galea S, Ahern J, Freudenberg N, Vlahov D. Needle exchange programs and experience of violence in an inner city neighborhood. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2001; 28(3):282-8. Available

Stevenson LA,... Matte TD. Sociodemographic correlates of indoor allergen sensitivity among United States children. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2001; 108(5):747-52. Available

Galea S,... Vlahov D. Collaboration among community members, local health service providers, and researchers in an urban research center in Harlem, New York.. Public Health Reports. 2001; 116(6):530-9. Available

Stevenson LA, Gergen PJ, Hoover DR, Rosenstreich D, Mannino DM, Matte TD. Sociodemographic correlates of indoor allergen sensitivity among United States children. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2001; 108(5):747-52. Available

Breslau N..., Matte TD, et al. Stability and change in children's intelligence quotient scores: a comparison of two socioeconomically disparate communities. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2001; 154(8):711-7. Available

Gollub EL, French P, Latka M, et al. Achieving safer sex with choice: studying a women's sexual risk reduction hierarchy in an STD clinic. Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine. 2001; 10(8):771-83. Available

Knowlton AR...Vlahov D, et al. Access to medical care and service utilization among injection drug users with HIV/AIDS. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2001; 64(1):55-62.

Celentano DD,... Vlahov D, et al. Time to initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected injection drug users. AIDS. 2001; 15(13):1707-15. Available

Semba RD,...Vlahov D. Highly active antiretroviral therapy associated with improved anemia among HIV-infected women. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2001; 15(9):473-80.

Rompalo AM,...Vlahov D. Influence of injection drug use behavior on reported antiretroviral therapy use among women in the HIV epidemiology research study: on-site versus referral care. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2001; 28(1):28-34. Available

Matte TD, et al. Influence of variation in birth weight within normal range and within sibships on IQ at age 7 years: cohort study. BMJ: British Medical Journal. 2001; 323(7308):310-4. Available

Riley ED,...Vlahov D. Use of audio computer-assisted self-interviews to assess tuberculosis-related risk behaviors. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2001; 164(1):82-5. Available

Valente TW,... Vlahov D, et al. Needle-exchange participation, effectiveness, and policy: syringe relay, gender, and the paradox of public health. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2001; 78(2):340-9. Available

Diaz T,... Vlahov D, et al. Sexual orientation and HIV infection prevalence among young Latino injection drug users in Harlem. Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine. 2001; 10(4):371-80. Available

Gao X,... Vlahov D, et al. Effect of a single amino acid change in MHC class I molecules on the rate of progression to AIDS. New England Journal of Medicine. 2001; 344(22):1668-75. Available

Strathdee SA,...Vlahov D, et al. Sex differences in risk factors for HIV seroconversion among injection drug users: a 10-year perspective. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2001; 2001:161(10). Available

Mao Q,...Vlahov D, et al. Human immunodeficiency virus seroconversion and evolution of the hepatitis C virus quasispecies. Journal of Virology. 2001; 75(7):3259-67. Available

Semba RD,...Vlahov D, et al. Improvement of anemia among HIV-infected injection drug users receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2001; 26(4):315-9.

Cannon MJ,... Vlahov D, et al. Blood-borne and sexual transmission of human herpesvirus 8 in women with or at risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection. New England Journal of Medicine. 2001; 344(9):637-43. Available

Ickovics JR,... Vlahov D, et al. Mortality, CD4 cell count decline, and depressive symptoms among HIV-seropositive women: longitudinal analysis from the HIV Epidemiology Research Study. JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association. 2001; 285(11):1466-74. Available

Moatti JP,...Vlahov D, et al. Multiple access to sterile syringes for injection drug users: vending machines, needle exchange programs and legal pharmacy sales in Marseille, France. European Addiction Research. 2001; 7(1):40-5.

Sterling TR,...Vlahov D, et al. Initial plasma HIV-1 RNA levels and progression to AIDS in women and men. New England Journal of Medicine. 2001; 344(10):720-5. Available

Valente TW, Vlahov D. Selective risk taking among needle exchange participants: implications for supplemental interventions. American Journal of Public Health. 2001; 91(3):406-11.

Berkowitz GS..., Matte TD, et al. The rationale for a national prospective cohort study of environmental exposure and childhood development. Environmental Research. 2001; 85(2):59-68. Available

Celentano DD,... Vlahov D, et al. Dynamics of behavioral risk factors for HIV/AIDS: a 6-year prospective study of injection drug users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2001; 61(3):315-22. Available

Parsons PJ,... Matte TD. Evaluation of blood lead proficiency testing: comparison of open and blind paradigms. Clinical Chemistry. 2001; 47(2):322-30.

Obadia Y... Vlahov D, et al. Injecting misuse of buprenorphine among French drug users. Addiction. 2001; 96(2):267-72.

Diaz T,... Vlahov D,... Edwards V, et al. Factors associated with prevalent hepatitis C: differences among young adult injection drug users in lower and upper Manhattan, New York City. American Journal of Public Health. 2001; 91(1):23-30. Available

Fuller C, Vlahov D, et al. Factors associated with adolescent initiation of injection drug use. Public Health Reports. 2001; 116:Suppl 1:136-45. Available

Latka M, Ahern J... Vlahov D.. Prevalence, incidence, and correlates of chlamydia and gonorrhea among young adult injection drug users. Journal of Substance Abuse. 2001; 13(1-2):73-88.

Pilowsky DJ... Vlahov D.. Characteristics of injection drug using parents who retain their children. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2001; 61(2):113-2. Available

Cronquist A, Edwards V, Galea S, Latka M, Vlahov D. Health care utilization among young adult injection drug users in Harlem, New York. Journal of Substance Abuse. 2001; 13(1-2):17-27.

2000 Publications

Shin HD,...Vlahov D, et al.. Genetic restriction of HIV-1 pathogenesis to AIDS by promoter alleles of IL10. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2000; 97(26):14457-72. Available

Coffin PO, Linas BP, Factor SH, Vlahov D. New York City pharmacists' attitudes toward sale of needles/syringes to injection drug users before implementation of law expanding syringe access. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2000; 77(4):781-93. Available

Linas BP, Coffin PO, Backes G, Vlahov D. New York State pharmacists' attitudes toward needle and syringe sales to injection drug users before implementation of syringe deregulation. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2000; 77(4):768-80. Available

Marx MA,... Vlahov D. Trends in crime and the introduction of a needle exchange program. American Journal of Public Health. 2000; 90(12):1933-6. Available

Song JY... Vlahov D. The prevalence of homelessness among injection drug users with and without HIV infection. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2000; 77(4):678-87. Available

Thomas DL,... Vlahov D, et al. Long-term prognosis of hepatitis c virus infection. JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association. 2000; 284(2):2592. Available

Brown MJ..., Matte TD, et al. Children in Illinois with elevated blood lead levels, 1993-1998, and lead-related pediatric hospital admissions in Illinois, 1993-1997. Public Health Reports. 2000; 115(6):532-6. Available

Foca M..., Factor S, et al. Endemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a neonatal intensive care unit. New England Journal of Medicine. 2000; 343(1):695-700. Available

An P..., Vlahov D, et al. Influence of CCR5 promoter haplotypes on AIDS progression in African-Americans. AIDS. 2000; 14(14):2117-22. Available

Monterroso ER,...Vlahov D, et al. Prevention of HIV infection in street-recruited injection drug users. The Collaborative Injection Drug User Study (CIDUS). JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. 2000; 25(1):63-70.

Coffin PO. Syringe availability as HIV prevention: a review of modalities. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2000; 77(3):306-30. Available

Latka M, et al. Male-condom and female-condom use among women after counseling in a risk-reduction hierarchy for STD prevention. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2000; 27(8):431-7. Available

Doherty MC,... Vlahov D. Gender differences in the initiation of injection drug use among young adults. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2000; 77(3):396-414. Available

Shah NG,... Vlahov D, et al. Correlates of enrollment in methadone maintenance treatment programs differ by HIV-serostatus. AIDS. 2000; 14(13):2035-43. Available

Vlahov D. The role of epidemiology in needle exchange programs. American Journal of Public Health. 2000; 90(9):1390-2. Available

Joanis C, Latka M, et al. Structural integrity of the female condom after a single use, washing, and disinfection. Contraception. 2000; 62(2):63-72. Available

Thomas DL,... Vlahov D, et al. The natural history of hepatitis C virus infection: host, viral, and environmental factors. JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association. 2000; 284(4):450-6. Available

Carrieri MP, Vlahov D, et al. Use of buprenorphine in HIV-infected injection drug users: negligible impact on virologic response to HAART. The Manif-2000 Study Group. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2000; 60(1):51-4. Available

Shrestha S,... Vlahov D, et al. Short tandem repeat methodology for genotypic identification of single-person versus multi-person use of syringes. AIDS. 2000; 14(11):1507-13. Available

Gollub EL...,Latka M, et al. A randomized trial of hierarchical counseling in a short, clinic-based intervention to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted diseases in women. AIDS. 2000; 14(9):1249-55. Available

Doherty MC,... Vlahov D. The effect of a needle exchange program on numbers of discarded needles: a 2-year follow-up. American Journal of Public Health. 2000; 90(6):936-9. Available

Diaz T...,Matte T, et al. Medication use among children with asthma in East Harlem. Pediatrics. 2000; 105(6):1188-93. Available

Ahdieh L..., Vlahov D, et al. Cervical neoplasia and repeated positivity of human papillomavirus infection in human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive and -seronegative women. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2000; 151(12):1148-57. Available

Greenberg B, McCorkle R, Vlahov D, et al. Palliative care for HIV disease in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2000; 77(2):150-65. Available

Riley ED,...Vlahov D. Comparing new participants of a mobile versus a pharmacy-based needle exchange program. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2000; 24(1):57-61. Available

Susser E, Terry MB, Matte T. The birth cohorts grow up: new opportunities for epidemiology. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2000; 14(2):98-100. Available

Doherty MC,... Vlahov D. Correlates of HIV infection among young adult short-term injection drug users. AIDS. 2000; 14(6):717-26. Available

Tang AM,... Vlahov D. Improved antioxidant status among HIV-infected injecting drug users on potent antiretroviral therapy. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2000; 23(4):321-6. Available

Matte TD, Jacobs DE. Housing and health--current issues and implications for research and programs. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2000; 77(1):7-25. Available

Factor SH, Whitney CG, Zywicki SS, Schuchat A. Effects of hospital policies based on 1996 group B streptococcal disease consensus guidelines. The Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team. Obstetetrics and Gynecology. 2000; 95(3):377-82. Available

Stevenson L, Garg R, Leighton J. Asthma hospitalization in New York City 1988-1997. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2000; 77(1):137-9. Available

Thomas DL,... Vlahov D, et al. Determinants of the quantity of hepatitis C virus RNA. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2000; 181(3):844-51. Available

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