| Title |
Estimated Drug Overdose Deaths Averted by North America's First Medically-Supervised Safer Injection Facility
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2008
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0003351 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
M-J. S. Milloy, Thomas Kerr, Mark Tyndall, Julio Montaner, Evan Wood |
| Abstract |
Illicit drug overdose remains a leading cause of premature mortality in urban settings worldwide. We sought to estimate the number of deaths potentially averted by the implementation of a medically supervised safer injection facility (SIF) in Vancouver, Canada. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 7 | 37% |
| United States | 5 | 26% |
| Unknown | 7 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 74% |
| Scientists | 3 | 16% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 131 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 33 | 25% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 19% |
| Researcher | 10 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 13% |
| Unknown | 30 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 38 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 10% |
| Psychology | 7 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 17 | 13% |
| Unknown | 38 | 28% |