Blar i Artikler fra SIRUS på forfatter "Amundsen, Ellen Johanna"
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Drug-related causes of death: Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the deceased
Amundsen, Ellen Johanna (Journal article, 2015)The aim of this study was to describe subgroups of those who died from a drug-related cause of death employing demographic and socioeconomic data. A total of 1,628 persons with registered drug-related deaths in the Norwegian ... -
Hard drug use in Norway
Amundsen, Ellen Johanna; Bretteville-Jensen, Anne Line (Journal article, 2010)Background: Hard drug use has a variety of heavy personal, social and economic costs. Knowing the size of the hard drug use population, the types of drugs consumed and modes of consumption can help policy makers design ... -
Liver fibrosis progression at autopsy in injecting drug users infected by hepatitis C: A longitudinal long-term cohort study
Kielland, Knut Boe; Delaveris, Gerd Jorunn Møller; Rogde, Sidsel; Eide, Tor Jacob; Amundsen, Ellen Johanna; Dalgard, Olav (Journal article, 2014)There is a paucity of unbiased data on the natural history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in injecting drug users (IDUs). The purpose of this study was to assess the risk of developing advanced fibrosis associated ... -
Mortality among drug users after discharge from inpatient treatment: An 8-year prospective study
Ravndal, Edle; Amundsen, Ellen Johanna (Journal article, 2010)Background: Drug users who are leaving/completing inpatient medication-free treatment may, like drug users released from prison, have an elevated risk of dying from fatal overdoses. This is mainly explained by their low ... -
Self-reports of consumption of amphetamines, cocaine and heroin in a survey among marginalized drug users
Amundsen, Ellen Johanna; Reid, Malcolm James (Journal article, 2014)Scientific literature offers few measurements of the quantities consumed by individual drug users. Such measurements are used for calculating the total drug consumption by the quantity-frequency method, and are extremely ...