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Elsevier, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, (151), p. 76-83, 2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.03.005
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Factors affecting repeated cessations of injecting drug use and relapses during the entire injecting career among the Edinburgh Addiction Cohort
Journal article published in 2015 by
Yang Xia,
Shaun Seaman,
Matthew Hickman 
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John Macleod,
Roy Robertson,
Lorraine Copeland,
Jim McKenzie,
Daniela De Angelis
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John Macleod,
Roy Robertson,
Lorraine Copeland,
Jim McKenzie,
Daniela De Angelis
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Abstract
•We examine the pattern of ceasing and relapsing during the entire injecting career.•Opiate substitution treatment (OST) was associated with reduced time to cessation.•OST was associated with lower risk of relapse, but not statistically significant.•Women and older people who inject drugs (PWID) were less likely to relapse (had lower hazard of relapse).•With each relapse, time to next cessation event is shortened.