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About UsVlahov 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.
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.
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
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
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
Behar E, Chin JJ
New York: Division of Health Policy, New York Academy of Medicine, 2006.
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;
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.
Putnam S. Where is the 'where?' in considerations of treatment for drug abuse?. J Urban Health. 2006; 83(2):144-145.
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.
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.
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. 2006; Epub ahead of print:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
2005 Publications
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
IN: Public financing and Delivery of HIV/AIDS Care: Securing the Legacy of Ryan White.
Washington DC: National Academies Press, 2005.
Available
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
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.
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.
2004 Publications
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
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
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.
Galea S, Nandi A, Vlahov D. The social epidemiology of substance use. Epidemiologic Reviews. 2004; 26:36-52.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Brook JS, Adams RE, Balka EB, Whiteman M, Zhang C, Sugerman R. Illicit drug use and risky sexual behavior among African American and Puerto Rican urban adolescents: the longitudinal links. Journal of Genetic Psychology, Child Behavior, Aminal Behavior, and Comparitive Psychology. 2004; 165(2):203-20.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
2003 Publications
Latka M. Drug-using women need comprehensive sexual risk reduction interventions. Clin Infect Dis. 2003; 37(Suppl 5):S445-S450. Available
IN: Community Based Participatory Research for Health..
Minkler M, Wallerstein N
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2003.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Latka M. Drug using women need comprehensive sexual risk reduction interventions. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2003; 37 Suppl 5:S445-50. 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
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.
2002 Publications
IN: Community Based Participatory Research for Health.
Minkler M, Wallerstein W eds
NJ: Jossey-Bass, 2002.
New York: The New York Academy of Medicine, 2002.
Available
IN: Manual for Primary Care Providers: Effectively Caring for Active Substance Users.
Finkelstein R, Ramos S. (eds.)
New York: Office of Special Populations, New York Academy of Medicine, 2002.
Available
New York: Office of Special Populations, New York Academy of Medicine, 2002.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Wilson L,...Vlahov D.. Prospective study of infective endocarditis among injection drug users. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2002; 185(12):1761-6. 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
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
Vlahov D, Galea S, Resnick H,Ahern J, Boscarino JA, Bucuvalas M, Gold J, Kilpatrick D. 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
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
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
Weiss L, Fabri A, McCoy K, Coffin P, Netherland J, Finkelstein R. A vulnerable population in a time of crisis: drug users and the attacks on the World Trade Center. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 2002; 79(3):392-403. 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
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
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
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
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
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
Finkelstein R, Tiger R, Greenwald R, Mukherjee R. Pharmacy syringe sale practices during the first year of expanded syringe availability in New York City (2001-2002). Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (Wash). 2002; 42(6 Suppl 2):S83-7. 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
2001 Publications
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.
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
Obadia Y... Vlahov D, et al. Injecting misuse of buprenorphine among French drug users. Addiction. 2001; 96(2):267-72.
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.
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.
Andrulis D, Hopkins S. Public hospitals and substance abuse services for pregnant women and mothers: implications for managed-care programs and Medicaid. Journal of Urban Health. 2001; 78(1):181-98. 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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
2000 Publications
New York: Office of Special Populations of The New York Academy of Medicine, 2000.
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New York: Office of Special Populations, New York Academy of Medicine, 2000.
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Junge B,... Vlahov D. Syringe exchange not associated with social network formation: results from Baltimore. AIDS. 2000; 14(4):423-6. 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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Vlahov D. The role of epidemiology in needle exchange programs. American Journal of Public Health. 2000; 90(9):1390-2. 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
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
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
1999 Publications
Carrieri MP,... Vlahov D, et al.. Access to antiretroviral therapy among French HIV-infected drug users (IDUs): the influence of continued drug use. MANIF 2000 Study Group. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 1999; 53(1):4-8.
Junge B, Vlahov D, et al. Pharmacy access to sterile syringes for injection drug users: attitudes of participants in a syringe exchange program. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (Wash). 1999; 39(1):17-22. Available
Smith L, Riley L, Beilenson P, Vlahov D, Junge J. Focus group evaluation of drop boxes for safe syringe disposal. Journal of Drug Issues. 1999; 28(4):905-20. Available
Lyles CM,...Vlahov D, et al. Cell-associated infectious HIV-1 viral load as a predictor of clinical progression and survival among HIV-1 infected injection drug users and homosexual men. European Journal of Epidemiology. 1999; 15(2):99-108. Available
Pezzotti P,...Vlahov D, et al. Direct comparison of time to AIDS and infectious disease death between HIV seroconverter injection drug users in Italy and the United States: results from the ALIVE and ISS studies. AIDS Link to Intravenous Experiences. Italian Seroconversion Study. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology. 1999; 20(3):275-82. Available
Carneiro M, Fuller C, Doherty MC, Vlahov D. HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among new initiates into injection drug use over the age of 40 years old. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 1999; 54(1):83-6. Available
Krol A, Flynn C, Vlahov D, et al. New evidence to reconcile in vitro and epidemiologic data on the possible role of heroin on CD4+ decline among HIV-infected injecting drug users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 1999; 54(2):145-54. Available
van Ameijden EJ, Krol A, Vlahov D, Flynn C, van Haastrecht HJ, Coutinho RA. Pre-AIDS mortality and morbidity among injection drug users in Amsterdam and Baltimore: an ecological comparison. Substance Use and Misuse. 1999; 34(6):845-65.
Drucker E, Vlahov D. Controlled clinical evaluation of diacetyl morphine for treatment of intractable opiate dependence. Lancet. 1999; 353(9164):1543-4. Available
Comer JA, Tzianabos T, Flynn C, Vlahov D, Childs JE. Serologic evidence of rickettsialpox (Rickettsia akari) infection among intravenous drug users in inner-city Baltimore, Maryland. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1999; 60(6):894-8. Available
Garfein RS, Lyerla R, Jones TS, Nakashima AK, Monterroso ER, Vlahov D. Re: "High rates of HIV infection among injection drug users participating in needle exchange programs in Montreal: results of a cohort study". American Journal of Epidemiology. 1999; 150(3):325-6. Available
Carneiro M,... Vlahov D, et al.. The effect of drug-injection behavior on genetic evolution of HIV-1. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1999; 180(4):1025-32. Available
Obadia Y, Feroni I, Perrin V, Vlahov D, Moatti JP. Syringe vending machines for injection drug users: an experiment in Marseille, France. American Journal of Public Health. 1999; 89(12):1852-4. Available
Strathdee SA, ... Vlahov D. Needle-exchange attendance and health care utilization promote entry into detoxification. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 1999; 76(4):448-60. Available
1998 Publications
Diaz T, et al. Injection and syringe sharing among HIV-infected injection drug users: implications for prevention of HIV transmission. Supplement to HIV/AIDS Surveillance Group. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology. 1998; 18 Suppl 1:S76-81. Available
Riley E, Beilenson P, Vlahov D, et al. Operation Red Box: a pilot project of needle and syringe drop boxes for injection drug users in East Baltimore. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology. 1998; 18 Suppl 1:S120-5. Available
Stein GL, Fleischman AR.. Addiction treatment: promoting a medical approach to substance use. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine. 1998; 75(3):558-83.
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1996 Publications
Susser E, et al. Injection drug use and risk of HIV transmission among homeless men with mental illness. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1996; 153(6):794-8. Available
1995 Publications
Hantman JA. Research on needle exchange: redefining the agenda. Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 1995; 72(2):397-412. Available
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