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Harm Reduction

Known as: Harm Minimization, HARM AVOIDANCE, Minimization, Harm 
The application of methods designed to reduce the risk of harm associated with certain behaviors without reduction in frequency of those behaviors… 
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Is it time to pull the plug on 12-hour shifts? Part 3. harm reduction strategies if keeping 12-hour shifts.
This article is part 3 of the series "Pulling the Plug on 12-Hour Shifts." In part 1 (March 2010), the authors provided an update… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Markers and risk factors for HCV, HBV and HIV in a network of injecting drug users in Melbourne, Australia.
Review
2008
Review
2008
Review of smoking cessation treatments for people with mental illness
This article reviews the current literature regarding treatments for smoking cessation in both the general population and in… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Investigation of the Serotonin Transporter Regulatory Region Polymorphism in Bulimia Nervosa: Relationships to Harm Avoidance, Nutritional Parameters, and Psychiatric Comorbidity
Objective: Genes involved in 5HT transmission have been supposed to contribute to the biologic vulnerability for bulimia nervosa… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Condomless sex: gay men, barebacking, and harm reduction.
Social science research as well as a rise in sexually transmitted diseases and new HIV infections among men who have sex with men… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Association between cytochrome P450 2D6 genotype and harm avoidance
Genetic polymorphisms within the serotonergic and dopaminergic neurotransmitter systems may be associated with heightened harm… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Temperament types are associated with weak self-construct, elevated distress and emotion-oriented coping in schizophrenia: evidence for a complex vulnerability marker?
Review
1999
Review
1999
Correlates of occasional cigarette and marijuana use: are teens harm reducing?
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The harm reduction approach and risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroconversion in injecting drug users, Amsterdam.
To assess risk factors for seroconversion to human immunodeficiency virus, the authors studied a cohort of human immunodeficiency… 
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