Open AccessHigh Mortality Among Non–HIV-Infected People Who Inject Drugs in Bangkok, Thailand, 2005–2012
Author(s) -
Suphak Vanichseni,
Michael Martin,
Pravan Suntharasamai,
Udomsak Sangkum,
Philip A. Mock,
Roman Gvetadze,
Marcel E. Curlin,
Manoj Leethochawalit,
Sithisat Chiamwongpaet,
Benjamaporn Chaipung,
Janet M. McNicholl,
Lynn A. Paxton,
Somyot Kittimunkong,
Kachit Choopanya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302473
Subject(s) - medicine , population , mortality rate , cause of death , public health , placebo , drug overdose , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , emergency medicine , demography , poison control , environmental health , family medicine , alternative medicine , disease , nursing , pathology , sociology
We examined the causes of hospitalization and death of people who inject drugs participating in the Bangkok Tenofovir Study, an HIV preexposure prophylaxis trial.