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Study findings from University of St. Andrews broaden understanding of life sciences
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 28th, 2009
According to recent research from Scotland, "Using Bayesian capture-recapture methods, we estimate current injectors in Scotland in 2003, and thereby, injectors' drug-related death rates for the period 2003-2005. Four different data sources are considered [Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) database, hospital admissions, social enquiry reports, and drug misuse database reports by General practices or Drug Treatmeent Agencies] which provide covariate information on sex, region (Greater Glasgow versus elsewhere in Scotland) and age group (15-34 years and 35+ years)."
"We quantified Scotland's current injectors in 2003 at 27,400 (95% highest probability density interval:...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2009-09-28)
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