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2018

Pierce, Matthias and Millar, Tim and Robertson, J. Roy and Bird, Sheila M. (2018) Ageing opioid users' increased risk of methadone-specific death in the UK. International Journal of Drug Policy, 55. pp. 121-127. ISSN 0955-3959

2016

Gao, Lu and Dimitropoulou, Polyxeni and Robertson, J. Roy and McTaggart, Stuart and Bennie, Marion and Bird, Sheila M. (2016) Risk-factors for methadone-specific deaths in Scotland's methadone-prescription clients between 2009 and 2013. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 167. pp. 214-223. ISSN 0376-8716

Bird, Thomas G. and Dimitropoulou, Polyxeni and Turner, Rebecca M. and Jenks, Sara J. and Cusack, Pearce and Hey, Shiying and Blunsum, Andrew and Kelly, Sarah and Sturgeon, Catharine and Hayes, Peter C. and Bird, Sheila M. (2016) Alpha-fetoprotein detection of hepatocellular carcinoma leads to a standardized analysis of dynamic AFP to improve screening based detection. PLOS One, 11 (6). e0156801. ISSN 1932-6203

Bird, Sheila M. and McAuley, Andrew and Perry, Samantha and Hunter, Carole (2016) Effectiveness of Scotland's National Naloxone Programme for reducing opioid-related deaths : a before (2006-10) versus after (2011-13) comparison. Addiction. ISSN 0965-2140

2015

White, Simon R. and Hutchinson, Sharon J. and Taylor, Avril and Bird, Sheila M. (2015) Modeling the initiation of others into injection drug use, using data from 2,500 injectors surveyed in Scotland during 2008-2009. American Journal of Epidemiology, 181 (10). pp. 771-780. ISSN 0002-9262

Pierce, Matthias and Bird, Sheila M. and Hickman, Matthew and Millar, Tim (2015) National record linkage study of mortality for a large cohort of opioid users ascertained by drug treatment or criminal justice sources in England, 2005–2009. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146. pp. 17-23. ISSN 0376-8716

2014

King, Ruth and Bird, Sheila M and Overstall, Antony M. and Hay, Gordon and Hutchinson, Sharon J. (2014) Estimating prevalence of injecting drug users and associated heroin-related death rates in England by using regional data and incorporating prior information. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 177 (1). pp. 209-236. ISSN 0964-1998

2013

King, Ruth and Bird, Sheila M and Overstall, Antony and Hay, Gordon and Hutchinson, Sharon (2013) Injecting drug users in Scotland, 2006 : listing, number, demography, and opiate-related death-rates. Addiction Research and Theory, 21 (3). pp. 235-246. ISSN 1606-6359

Merrall, Elizabeth L.C. and Bird, Sheila M and Hutchinson, Sharon (2013) A record-linkage study of drug-related death and suicide after hospital discharge among drug treatment clients in Scotland, 1996-2006. Addiction, 108 (2). pp. 377-384. ISSN 0965-2140

Merrall, Elizabeth L.C. and Bird, Sheila M and Hutchinson, Sharon (2013) A record linkage study of hospital episodes for drug treatment clients in Scotland, 1996-2006. Addiction Research and Theory, 21 (1). pp. 52-61. ISSN 1606-6359

2011

Mcdonald, Scott and Hutchinson, Sharon and Cameron, S. and Bird, Sheila M and Mills, P.R. and McLeod, A. and Goldberg, D.J. (2011) Uptake of hepatitis C antibody testing in patients with end-stage liver disease in Glasgow, 1993-2007. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 18 (4). e61-5. ISSN 1352-0504

Mcdonald, Scott and Hutchinson, Sharon and Bird, Sheila M and Mills, P. and Hayes, P. and Dillon, J.F. and Goldberg, David J. (2011) Excess morbidity in the hepatitis C-diagnosed population in Scotland, 1991-2006. Epidemiology and Infection, 139 (3). pp. 344-353.

McDonald, S.A. and Hutchinson, S.J. and Bird, S.M. and Robertson, C. and Mills, P. and Dillon, John and Goldberg, D.J. (2011) Hospitalisation for an alcohol-related cause among injecting drug users in Scotland: increased risk following diagnosis with hepatitis C infection. International Journal of Drug Policy, 22 (1). pp. 63-69.

Bird, S. M. and Robertson, J. R. (2011) Toxicology of Scotland's drugs-related deaths in 2000-2007: presence of heroin, methadone, diazepam and alcohol by sex, age-group and era. Addiction Research and Theory, 19 (2). pp. 170-178. ISSN 1606-6359

2010

Strang, John and Hall, Wayne and Hickman, Matt and Bird, Sheila M (2010) Impact of supervision of methadone consumption on deaths related to methadone overdose (1993-2008) : analyses using OD4 index in England and Scotland. BMJ, 341. pp. 1-7. c4851. ISSN 1756-1833

Merrall, Eliabeth L.C. and Kariminia, Azar and Binswanger, Ingrid A. and Hobbs, Michael S. and Farrell, Michael and Marsden, John and Hutchinson, Sharon J. and Bird, Sheila M (2010) Meta-analysis of drug-related deaths soon after release from prison. Addiction, 105 (9). pp. 1545-1554.

Bird, Sheila M. and Robertson, Roy and Beresford, Hannah and Hutchinson, Sharon J. (2010) Targets for Hepatitis C virus test uptake and case-finding among injecting drug users : in prisons and general practice. Addiction Research and Theory, 18 (4). pp. 421-432. ISSN 1606-6359

Bird, Sheila M and Hutchinson, Sharon J. and Hay, Gordon and King, Ruth (2010) Commentary : missing targets on drugs-related deaths, and a Scottish paradox. International Journal of Drug Policy, 21 (3). pp. 155-159. ISSN 0955-3959

McDonald, S.A. and Hutchinson, S.J. and Mills, P.R. and Bird, S.M. and Robertson, C. and Dillon, J.F. and Springbett, A. and Goldberg, D.J., Chief Scientist Office (Funder), Medical Research Council (Funder) (2010) Diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection in Scotland's injecting drug user population. Infection and Epidemiology, 138. pp. 393-402. ISSN 0950-2688

McDonald, S.A. and Hutchinson, S.J. and Bird, S.M. and Mills, P.R. and Robertson, C. and Dillon, John and Williams, T. and Goldberg, D.J., Chief Scientist Office (Funder), Medical Research Council (Funder) (2010) Hospitalisation of hepatitis C diagnosed persons in Scotland for decompensated cirrhosis: a population-based record-linkage study. European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 22 (1). pp. 49-57. ISSN 0954-691X

Bird, Sheila M. and Hutchinson, S.J. (2010) Over 1200 drugs-related deaths and 190,000 opiate-user-years of follow-up : relative risks by sex and age-group. Addiction Research and Theory, 18 (2). pp. 194-207. ISSN 1606-6359

McDonald, S.A. and Hutchinson, S.J. and Bird, S.M. and Robertson, C. and Mills, P.R. and Graham, L. and Dillon, J.F. and Goldberg, D.J. (2010) The growing contribution of hepatitis C virus infection to liver-related mortality in Scotland. Eurosurveillance, 15 (18). ISSN 1560-7917

2009

King, R. and Bird, S.M. and Hay, G. and Hutchinson, S.J. (2009) Estimating current injectors in Scotland and their drug-related death rate by sex, region and age-group via Bayesian capture-recapture methods. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 18 (4). pp. 341-359. ISSN 0962-2802

McDonald, S.A. and Donaghy, M. and Goldberg, D.J. and Hutchinson, S.J. and Robertson, C. and Bird, S.M. and Mills, P.R. and Dillon, J. and Bloor, M. and Hayes, P. and Graham, L., Chief Scientist Office (Funder), Medical Research Council (Funder) (2009) A population-based record linkage study of mortality in hepatitis C-diagnosed persons with or without HIV coinfection in Scotland. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 18 (3). pp. 271-283. ISSN 0962-2802

Bird, S.M. (2009) Special issue of statistical methods in medical research on: hepatitis c virus and injection drug use. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 18 (3). pp. 231-232. ISSN 0962-2802

Merrall, E.L.C. and Bird, S.M. (2009) A statistical perspective on the design of drug-court studies. Evaluation Review, 33 (3). pp. 257-280. ISSN 0193-841X

McDonald, S.A. and Hutchinson, S.J. and Bird, S.M. and Graham, L. and Robertson, C. and Mills, P.R. and Hayes, P. and Dillon, J.F. and Goldberg, D.J., Chief Scientist Office (Funder), Medical Research Council (Funder) (2009) Association of self-reported alcohol use and hospitalization for an alcohol-related cause in Scotland: a record-linkage study of 23 183 individuals. Addiction, 104 (4). pp. 593-602. ISSN 0965-2140

Bird, S.M. and Merrall, Elizabeth L.C. and Ward, Hester J.T. and Will, Robert G. (2009) Survival and re-operation rates after neurosurgical procedures in scotland: Implications for targeted surveillance of sub-clinical variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Neuroepidemiology, 33 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN 0251-5350

2008

McDonald, S.A. and Hutchinson, S.J. and Bird, S.M. and Robertson, C. and Mills, P.R. and Dillon, J.F. and Goldberg, D.J., Chief Scientist Office (Funder), Medical Research Council (Funder) (2008) A record-linkage study of the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in persons with hepatitis C infection in Scotland. British Journal of Cancer, 99. pp. 805-810. ISSN 1532-1827

McDonald, S.A. and Hutchinson, S.J. and Bird, S.M. and Mills, P. and Dillon, J.F. and Hayes, P. and Robertson, C. and Goldberg, D. (2008) Hospitalisation of hepatitis C diagnosed persons in Scotland for decompensated cirrhosis : a population-based record-linkage study. Gut, 57 (Suppl ). A38-A39. ISSN 0017-5749

Hutchinson, S.J. and Weir, A. and Bird, S.M. and Goldberg, D.J. (2008) Modelling the impact of antiviral therapy on the future health and economic burden of chronic hepatitis C in Scotland. Journal of Hepatology, 48 (Supple). S297-S297. ISSN 0168-8278

2006

Hutchinson, S. and Bird, S.M. and Taylor, A. and Goldberg, D.J. (2006) Modelling the spread of hepatitis c virus infection among injecting drug users in Glasgow: implications for prevention. International Journal of Drug Policy, 17 (3). pp. 211-221. ISSN 0955-3959

2005

Hutchinson, S. and Bird, S.M. and Goldberg, D.J. (2005) Modeling the current and future disease burden of hepatitis C among injection drug users in Scotland. Hepatology, 42 (3). pp. 711-723. ISSN 0270-9139

Hutchinson, S. and Bird, S. and Goldberg, D.J. (2005) Influence of alcohol on the progression of hepatitis C virus infection: a meta-analysis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3. pp. 1150-1159. ISSN 1542-3565

2003

Bird, S. and Hutchinson, S. (2003) Male drugs-related deaths in the fortnight after release from prison: Scotland, 1996-99. Addiction, 98 (2). pp. 185-190. ISSN 0965-2140