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The risk of infective endocarditis among people who inject drugs: a retrospective, population-based time series analysis
Matthew A. Weir, Justin Slater, Racquel Jandoc, Sharon Koivu, Amit X. Garg and Michael Silverman
CMAJ January 28, 2019 191 (4) E93-E99; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.180694
Matthew A. Weir
ICES (Weir, Slater, Jandoc, Garg); Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Weir, Garg) and Family Medicine (Koivu), and Divisions of Nephrology (Weir, Garg) and Infectious Diseases (Silverman), Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ont.
MD MScJustin Slater
ICES (Weir, Slater, Jandoc, Garg); Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Weir, Garg) and Family Medicine (Koivu), and Divisions of Nephrology (Weir, Garg) and Infectious Diseases (Silverman), Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ont.
MScRacquel Jandoc
ICES (Weir, Slater, Jandoc, Garg); Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Weir, Garg) and Family Medicine (Koivu), and Divisions of Nephrology (Weir, Garg) and Infectious Diseases (Silverman), Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ont.
MScSharon Koivu
ICES (Weir, Slater, Jandoc, Garg); Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Weir, Garg) and Family Medicine (Koivu), and Divisions of Nephrology (Weir, Garg) and Infectious Diseases (Silverman), Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ont.
MDAmit X. Garg
ICES (Weir, Slater, Jandoc, Garg); Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Weir, Garg) and Family Medicine (Koivu), and Divisions of Nephrology (Weir, Garg) and Infectious Diseases (Silverman), Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ont.
MD PhDMichael Silverman
ICES (Weir, Slater, Jandoc, Garg); Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Weir, Garg) and Family Medicine (Koivu), and Divisions of Nephrology (Weir, Garg) and Infectious Diseases (Silverman), Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ont.
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The risk of infective endocarditis among people who inject drugs: a retrospective, population-based time series analysis
Matthew A. Weir, Justin Slater, Racquel Jandoc, Sharon Koivu, Amit X. Garg, Michael Silverman
CMAJ Jan 2019, 191 (4) E93-E99; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.180694
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