Email this article PREVALENCE OF INJECTION-RELATED COMPLICATIONS IN INJECTING DRUG USERS: RESULTS OF OUTREACH WORK
- Authors: Fyodorova S.S1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow Research Institute of psychiatry
- Issue: Vol XLVI, No 4 (2014)
- Pages: 106-108
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1027-4898/article/view/13896
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/nb13896
- ID: 13896
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Abstract
The high prevalence of injection-related complications in injecting drug users is a matter for attention. The findings revealed a high prevalence of chronic venous disorders, particularly leg ulceration.
About the authors
Sofya S Fyodorova
Moscow Research Institute of psychiatry
Email: fyodorova.sofya@gmail.com
Моscow, Poteshnaya street, 3
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