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Self-care and risk reduction habits in older injection drug users with chronic wounds: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: We surveyed a population of injection drug users (IDUs) frequenting the mobile Baltimore City Needle Exchange Program (BNEP) to investigate self-care factors associated with chronic wounds, a significant cause of morbidity especially among older IDUs. METHODS: Participants ≥18 years old...

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Autores principales: Smith, Maria Elisa, Robinowitz, Natanya, Chaulk, Patrick, Johnson, Kristine E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25326686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-11-28