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Emergency Department Use Among the Homeless and Marginally Housed: Results From a Community-Based Study by Kushel, Margot B, Perry, Sharon, Bangsberg, David, Clark, Richard, Moss, Andrew R

“…This study examined factors associated with emergency department use among homeless and marginally housed persons. Interviews were conducted with 2578 homeless…”
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Hepatitis C Virus Seroconversion among Young Injection Drug Users: Relationships and Risks by Hahn, Judith A., Page-Shafer, Kimberly, Lum, Paula J., Bourgois, Philippe, Stein, Ellen, Evans, Jennifer L., Busch, Michael P., Tobler, Leslie H., Phelps, Bruce, Moss, Andrew R.

“…The present study examined reasons for the high incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among young injection drug users (IDUs). IDUs <30 years old who…”
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Testing Strategy To Identify Cases of Acute Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and To Project HCV Incidence Rates by Page-Shafer, Kimberly, Pappalardo, Brandee L, Tobler, Leslie H, Phelps, Bruce H, Edlin, Brian R, Moss, Andrew R, Wright, Teresa L, Wright, David J, O'Brien, Thomas R, Caglioti, Sally, Busch, Michael P

“…Surveillance for hepatitis C virus (HCV) is limited by the challenge of differentiating between acute and chronic infections. In this study, we evaluate a…”
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Transmission of Tuberculosis in New York City -- An Analysis by DNA Fingerprinting and Conventional Epidemiologic Methods by Alland, David, Kalkut, Gary E, Moss, Andrew R, McAdam, Ruth A, Hahn, Judith A, Bosworth, William, Drucker, Ernest, Bloom, Barry R

“…After decades of decline, the incidence of tuberculosis in the United States began to increase in 1986, resulting in 52,000 excess cases by 1992 1 . New York…”
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Economic analysis of small-scale agricultural digesters in the United States by Klavon, Katherine H., Lansing, Stephanie A., Mulbry, Walter, Moss, Andrew R., Felton, Gary

“…Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an economically viable manure treatment option for large dairies (>500 cows) in the U.S. However, roughly 90% of U.S. dairies have…”
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The intrinsic transmission dynamics of tuberculosis epidemics by Blower, Sally M, Mclean, Angela R, Porco, Travis C, Small, Peter M, Hopewell, Philip C, Sanchez, Melissa A, Moss, Andrew R

“…In developed countries the major tuberculosis epidemics declined long before the disease became curable in the 1940s. We present a theoretical framework for…”
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Directly Observed Antidepressant Medication Treatment and HIV Outcomes Among Homeless and Marginally Housed HIV-Positive Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial by TSAI, Alexander C, KARASIC, Dan H, HAMMER, Gwendolyn P, CHARLEBOIS, Edwin D, RAGLAND, Kathy, MOSS, Andrew R, SORENSEN, James L, DILLEY, James W, BANGSBERG, David R

“…We assessed whether directly observed fluoxetine treatment reduced depression symptom severity and improved HIV outcomes among homeless and marginally housed…”
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Paradoxes of adherence and drug resistance to HIV antiretroviral therapy by Bangsberg, David R., Moss, Andrew R., Deeks, Steven G.

“…Public health debates about providing HIV antiretroviral therapy to impoverished populations have centred on the relationship between adherence and risk of…”
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Revolving Doors: Imprisonment Among the Homeless and Marginally Housed Population by Kushel, Margot B, Hahn, Judith A, Evans, Jennifer L, Bangsberg, David R, Moss, Andrew R

“…We studied a sample of homeless and marginally housed adults to examine whether a history of imprisonment was associated with differences in health status,…”
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HIV Seroprevalence Among Homeless and Marginally Housed Adults in San Francisco by Robertson, Marjorie J, Clark, Richard A, Charlebois, Edwin D, Tulsky, Jacqueline, Long, Heather L, Bangsberg, David R, Moss, Andrew R

“…We report HIV seroprevalence and risk factors for urban indigent adults. A total of 2508 adults from shelters, meal programs, and low-cost hotels received…”
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Assessing the sustainability of small-scale anaerobic digestion systems with the introduction of the emergy efficiency index (EEI) and adjusted yield ratio (AYR) by Moss, Andrew R., Lansing, Stephanie A., Tilley, David R., Klavon, Katherine H.

“…•Emergy analyses of digesters for human waste in Haiti and dairy manure in the US.•New emergy indices (EEI and AYR) were created for comparisons of analogous…”
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BRIEF REPORT: The Aging of the Homeless Population: Fourteen‐Year Trends in San Francisco by Hahn, Judith A., Kushel, Margot B., Bangsberg, David R., Riley, Elise, Moss, Andrew R.

“…BACKGROUND: Homelessness is associated with high rates of health and substance use problems. OBJECTIVE: To examine trends in the age, housing, health status,…”
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Gender differences in sexual and injection risk behavior among active young injection drug users in San Francisco (the UFO Study) by Evans, Jennifer L, Hahn, Judith A, Page-Shafer, Kimberly, Lum, Paula J, Stein, Ellen S, Davidson, Peter J, Moss, Andrew R

“…Female injection drug users (IDUs) represent a large proportion of persons infected with HIV in the United States, and women who inject drugs have a high…”
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Heroin overdose among young injection drug users in San Francisco by Ochoa, Kristen C., Davidson, Peter J., Evans, Jennifer L., Hahn, Judith A., Page-Shafer, Kimberly, Moss, Andrew R.

“…We sought to identify prevalence and predictors of heroin-related overdose among young injection drug users (IDU). A total of 795 IDU under age of 30 years…”
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Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in the Homeless Population in San Francisco: A Prospective Study by Moss, Andrew R., Hahn, Judith A., Perry, Sharon, Charlebois, Edwin D., Guzman, David, Clark, Richard A., Bangsberg, David R.

“…Background. We examined adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the homeless population, a population thought to be at high risk for poor…”
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Population-Based Community Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Urban Poor of San Francisco by Charlebois, Edwin D., Bangsberg, David R., Moss, Nicholas J., Moore, Matthew R., Moss, Andrew R., Chambers, Henry F., Perdreau-Remington, Françoise

“…The study objective was to determine the prevalence and risk factors for nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin resistance among the…”
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Hepatitis C virus infection and needle exchange use among young injection drug users in San Francisco by Hahn, Judith A., Page-Shafer, Kimberly, Lum, Paula J., Ochoa, Kristen, Moss, Andrew R.

“…Young injection drug users (IDUs) in San Francisco may be at high risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection despite access to several needle exchange venues…”
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Fatal heroin-related overdose in San Francisco, 1997-2000: a case for targeted intervention by Davidson, Peter J, McLean, Rachel L, Kral, Alex H, Gleghorn, Alice A, Edlin, Brian R, Moss, Andrew R

“…Heroin-related overdose is the single largest cause of accidental death in San Francisco. We examined demographic, location, nontoxicological, and…”
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Determinants of HIV disease progression among homosexual men registered in the Tricontinental Seroconverter Study by Veugelers, P J, Page, K A, Tindall, B, Schechter, M T, Moss, A R, Winkelstein, Jr, W W, Cooper, D A, Craib, K J, Charlebois, E, Coutinho, R A

“…Data on 403 homosexual/bisexual men with documented dates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroconversion were merged. All subjects originated from cohort…”
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Hepatitis C Virus infection in San Francisco's HIV-infected urban poor: High prevalence but low treatment rates by HALL, Christopher S, CHARLEBOIS, Edwin D, HAHN, Judith A, MOSS, Andrew R, BANGSBERG, David R

“…OBJECTIVE: To measure Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) prevalence, incidence, and initiation of HCV therapy in a representative HIV-infected cohort of the urban poor…”
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