Open AccessUse of Population-Based Surveys for Estimating the Population Size of Persons Who Inject Drugs in the United States
Author(s) -
Heather Bradley,
Elizabeth M. Rosenthal,
Meredith A. Barranco,
Tomoko Udo,
Patrick S. Sullivan,
Eli S. Rosenberg
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jiaa318
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , injection drug use , population , medical prescription , demography , drug , psychiatry , drug injection , pharmacology , sociology
In the United States, injection is an increasingly common route of administration for opioids and other substances. Estimates of the number of persons who inject drugs (PWID) are needed for monitoring risk-specific infectious disease rates and health services coverage.