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Are overdoses treated by ambulance services an opportunity for additional interventions? A prospective cohort study
Gjersing, Linn Renathe; Bretteville-Jensen, Anne Line (Journal article, 2015)To assess whether people who inject drugs (PWID) and who are treated for overdose by ambulance services have a greater mortality risk compared with other PWID, and to compare mortality risk within potentially critical ... -
Emergency service use is common in the year before death among drug users who die from an overdose
Gjersing, Linn Renathe; Jonassen, Kristine; Skurtveit, Svetlana; Bramness, Jørgen Gustav; Clausen, Thomas (Journal article, 2016) -
Illicit use of opioid substitution drugs: Prevalence, user characteristics, and the association with non-fatal overdoses
Bretteville-Jensen, Anne Line; Lillehagen, Mats; Gjersing, Linn Renathe; Andreas, Jasmina Burdzovic (Journal article, 2014)Diversion of opioid substitution drugs (OSD) is of public concern. This study examined the prevalence, frequency, and predictors of illicit OSD use in a group of injecting drug users (IDUs) and assessed if such use was ... -
Is opioid substitution treatment beneficial if injecting behaviour continues?
Gjersing, Linn Renathe; Bretteville-Jensen, Anne Line (Journal article, 2013)Opioid substitution treatment (OST) is recognised as an effective treatment for opioid dependence. Still, a subgroup of OST users continues to inject drugs. This study examines health risks and criminal activity in a ... -
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Gjersing, Linn Renathe; Amundsen, Ellen Johanna (Research report, 2018)