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High prevalence of non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs in Malaysia: Correlates of overdose and implications for overdose prevention from a cross-sectional study

Bazazi AR 1 , Zelenev A 2 , Fu JJ 3 , Yee I 4 , Kamarulzaman A 5 , Altice FL 3

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  • 1 Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, 135 College St., Suite 323, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: alexander.bazazi@yale.edu
  • 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, 135 College St., Suite 323, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
  • 3 Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, 135 College St., Suite 323, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, 135 College St., Suite 323, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Infectious Diseases Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Int J Drug Policy, 2015 Jul;26(7):675-81.
PMID: 25532449 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.11.010

Abstract

Overdose is the leading cause of death among opioid users, but no data are available on overdose among people who inject drugs in Malaysia. We present the first estimates of the prevalence and correlates of recent non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs in Malaysia.

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