Matthew Hickman

Hepatitis C Infection Among Injecting Drug Users in England and Wales (1992-2006): There and Back Again? (2009)

Sweeting, Michael J., Hope, Vivian D., Hickman, Matthew, Parry, John V., Ncube, Fortune, Ramsay, Mary E., ...

Changes in hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence from 1992 to 2006 were examined by using 24,311 records from unlinked anonymous surveillance of injecting drug users in England and Wales. Bayesian...

Frequency, factors and costs associated with injection site infections: Findings from a national multi-site survey of injecting drug users in England (2008)

Hope, Vivian, Kimber, Jo, Vickerman, Peter, Hickman, Matthew, Ncube, Fortune

Abstract Background Injection site infections among injecting drug users (IDUs) have been associated with serious morbidity and health service costs in North America. This study explores the...

Intrauterine Exposure to Alcohol and Tobacco Use and Childhood IQ: Findings from a Parental-Offspring Comparison within the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (2008)

Alati, Rosa, MacLeod.,John, Hickman, Matthew, Sayal, Kapil, May, Margaret, Davey-Smith, George, ...

This study aims to test the hypothesis that moderate maternal alcohol and tobacco use in pregnancy is associated with intelligent quotient (IQ) scores in childhood through intrauterine mechanisms. We...

Parental drug use, early adversities, later childhood problems and children's use of tobacco and alcohol at age 10: birth cohort study (2008)

MacLeod, John, Hickman, Matthew, Bowen, Erica, Alati, Rosa, Tilling, Kate

Aims To estimate the prevalence of alcohol and tobacco use among children at age 10 years and to investigate possible influences on this. Design Birth cohort study. Setting England. Participants A...

Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England (2007)

Frisher, Martin, Heatlie, Heath, Hickman, Matthew

Abstract Background UK Government expenditure on combatting drug abuse is based on estimates of illicit drug users, yet the validity of these estimates is unknown. This study aims to assess the face...

Association between availability of heroin and methadone and fatal poisoning in England and Wales 1993-2004 (2007)

Morgan, Oliver, Griffiths, Clare, Hickman, Matthew

Background The UK heroin market is the biggest in Europe and ∼70% of heroin deaths are due to fatal poisoning. Methadone treatment for heroin addiction in the UK, the ‘British system’, is...

Commentary: Understanding pathways to cannabis use and from use to harm (2006)

Macleod, John, Hickman, Matthew

Drug-related mortality and its impact on adult mortality in eight European countries (2006)

Bargagli, Anna Maria, Hickman, Matthew, Davoli, Marina, Perucci, Carlo A., Schifano, Patrizia, Buster, Marcel, ...

Objective: To estimate the mortality rates from drug-related deaths and other causes among problem drug users and population attributable risk of death due to opiate use in eight study sites in...

Association between availability of heroin and methadone and fatal poisoning in England and Wales 1993-2004 (2006)

Morgan, Oliver, Griffiths, Clare, Hickman, Matthew

Background The UK heroin market is the biggest in Europe and ∼70% of heroin deaths are due to fatal poisoning. Methadone treatment for heroin addiction in the UK, the ‘British system’, is...

Public injecting and the need for 'safer environment interventions' in the reduction of drug-related harm (2006)

Rhodes, Tim, Kimber, Jo, Small, Will, FITZGERALD, JOHN, Kerr, Thomas, Hickman, Matthew, ...

Public injecting and the need for 'safer environment interventions' in the reduction of drug-related harm (2006)

Rhodes, Tim, Kimber, Jo, Small, Will, FITZGERALD, JOHN, Kerr, Thomas, Hickman, Matthew, ...

Costs and characteristics of heavy impatient service users in outer London (2001)

Lucas, Ben, Read Harrison, Phil, Tyrer, Peter, Ray, Jon, Shipley, Katherine, Hickman, Matthew, ...

Estimating the Relative Incidence of Heroin Use: Application of a Method for Adjusting Observed Reports of First Visits to Specialized Drug Treatment Agencies (2001)

Hickman, Matthew, Seaman, Shaun, De Angelis, Daniela

In this paper, the authors propose a method for estimating the incidence of heroin use by adjusting reported numbers of heroin users visiting drug treatment agencies for the time lag between onset of...

Incidence of hepatitis C virus and HIV among new injecting drug users in London: prospective cohort study

Judd, Ali, Hickman, Matthew, Jones, Steve, McDonald, Tamara, Parry, John V, Stimson, Gerry V, ...

Drug use and weapon carrying by young people : Study did not go far enough

Macleod, John, Loudon, Rhian, Hickman, Matthew, Judd, Ali

Incidence of hepatitis C virus and HIV among new injecting drug users in London: prospective cohort study

Judd, Ali, Hickman, Matthew, Jones, Steve, McDonald, Tamara, Parry, John V, Stimson, Gerry V, ...

Drug use and weapon carrying by young people : Study did not go far enough

Macleod, John, Loudon, Rhian, Hickman, Matthew, Judd, Ali

Methods to Recruit Hard-to-Reach Groups: Comparing Two Chain Referral Sampling Methods of Recruiting Injecting Drug Users Across Nine Studies in Russia and Estonia

Platt, Lucy, Wall, Martin, Rhodes, Tim, Judd, Ali, Hickman, Matthew, Johnston, Lisa G., ...

Evidence suggests rapid diffusion of injecting drug use and associated outbreaks of HIV among injecting drug users (IDUs) in the Russian Federation and Eastern Europe. There remains a need for...

Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England

Frisher, Martin, Heatlie, Heath, Hickman, Matthew

Applying Rasch modeling to the validity of a control balance scale

Piquero, Alex R., MacIntosh, Randall, Hickman, Matthew

Frequency, factors and costs associated with injection site infections: Findings from a national multi-site survey of injecting drug users in England

Hope, Vivian, Kimber, Jo, Vickerman, Peter, Hickman, Matthew, Ncube, Fortune

Hepatitis C Infection Among Injecting Drug Users in England and Wales (1992–2006): There and Back Again?

Sweeting, Michael J., Hope, Vivian D., Hickman, Matthew, Parry, John V., Ncube, Fortune, Ramsay, Mary E., ...

Changes in hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence from 1992 to 2006 were examined by using 24,311 records from unlinked anonymous surveillance of injecting drug users in England and Wales. Bayesian...