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Open AccessSexualized drug injection among men who have sex with men in Madrid and Barcelona as the first episode of drug injecting
We estimate the prevalence of drug injection, the variables associated with having ever injected and the proportion of ever injectors whose first drug injection was for having sex; we describe the first drug i...
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Association of Sexualized Drug Use Patterns with HIV/STI Transmission Risk in an Internet Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men from Seven European Countries
We estimated the prevalence of overall sexualized drug use (SDU) and of chemsex in particular, assessed patterns of drug use, and identified subpopulations of men who have sex with men (MSM) where SDU and chem...
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Open AccessCardiovascular mortality and risk behaviours by degree of urbanization before, during and after the economic crisis in Spain
To estimate the relationship of the degree of urbanization to cardiovascular mortality and to risk behaviours before, during and after the 2008 economic crisis in Spain.
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HIV Rapid Testing Programs in Non-Clinical Settings have the Potential to Constitute a Major Diagnostic Option for MSM in Spain
We analyze the impact of HIV rapid testing (RT) programs in non-clinical settings (NCS) by evaluating their contribution to new diagnoses reported to the Spanish HIV Surveillance System (SINIVIH) from 2007 to ...
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Open AccessKnowledge and use of unauthorized HIV self-test kits among men who have sex with men in Spain, following approval of an over-the-counter self-test in the U.S: a cross-sectional study
Shortly after the approval of an over-the-counter HIV self-test in the US, we conducted a study to estimate the proportion of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Spain who knew that unauthorized HIV self-tests ...
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Education and mortality in Spain: a national study supports local findings
To estimate educational inequalities in mortality in Spain and in three Spanish areas: Madrid, Barcelona, and the Basque country.
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Low mortality in the poorest areas of Spain: adults residing in provinces with lower per capita income have the lowest mortality
The objective of this study is to ascertain whether income inequality and per capita income of area of residence show a relationship with mortality in Spain. Data are from a nation-wide prospective study with ...
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Approval and Potential Use of Over-the-Counter HIV Self-Tests: The Opinion of Participants in a Street Based HIV Rapid Testing Program in Spain
HIV self-testing, not yet available in Spain, is a strategy thought to be able to increase the number of people tested and testing frequency. 3,373 attenders of a street-based HIV rapid-testing program gave th...
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Serving the underserved: an HIV testing program for populations reluctant to attend conventional settings
We assess the contribution of a rapid-HIV testing program run by Médicos del Mundo and oriented to vulnerable populations reluctant to attend conventional settings.
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Open AccessPreferred HIV testing services and programme characteristics among clients of a rapid HIV testing programme
In the current context of diversity and coexistence of HIV testing approaches, limited information exists on test recipient’s views of HIV testing services and programme attributes that could ease the testing ...
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Healthy and unhealthy migrant effect on the mortality of immigrants from wealthy countries residing in Spain
This study attempts to identify the possible existence of a healthy migrant effect and an unhealthy migrant effect on the mortality of immigrants from wealthy countries who move to Spain. Immigrants aged 35–64...
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Open AccessGender differences in health related quality of life of young heroin users
Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) of opiate users has been studied in treatment settings, where assistance for drug use was sought. In this study we ascertain factors related to HRQL of young opiate users ...
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Technology Insight: the evolution of tissue-engineered vascular grafts—from research to clinical practice
Suitable vein or artery tissue is not always available for revascularization procedures. A small-diameter conduit with patency equivalent to that of native tissue is, therefore, the holy grail of vascular surg...
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Do Young Heroin Users in Madrid, Barcelona and Seville have Sufficient Knowledge of the Risk Factors for Unintentional Opioid Overdose?
To identify the self-perceived reasons for unintentional opioid overdose of young heroin users in three Spanish cities and their agreement with objective risk factors for overdose. Computer-Assisted Personal I...
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Efficacy and safety of low-dose streptokinase plus desmopressin in acute myocardial infarction: A pilot study
In this pilot study the combined use of desmopressin, which releases tissue plasminogen activator from vascular endothelium, and a low dose of streptokinase as a new thrombolytic regimen for acute myocardial i...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An atlas of 2-dimensional transfer functions of the Broad Line Region
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Meteorology of the broad line region
We discuss the response of the broad emission lines to ionizing continuum variations in the context of the discrete cloud model. We consider cases in which the cloud system has a thick, spherical geometry and ...
