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SynthesisSubstance abuse2020

The opioid and related drug epidemics in rural Appalachia: A systematic review of populations affected, risk factors, and infectious diseases.

Christine A Schalkoff, Kathryn E Lancaster, Bradley N Gaynes, Vivian Wang, Brian W Pence, William C Miller, Vivian F Go

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Substance abuse, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Opioid Overdose Death Prediction with Graph Neural Networks.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  5. Opioid Overdose Death Prediction with Graph Neural Networks.AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christine A SchalkoffGillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6994-0784
Kathryn E LancasterCollege of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Bradley N GaynesDepartment of Psychiatry, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Vivian WangCollege of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Brian W PenceGillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
William C MillerCollege of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Vivian F GoGillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic to improve emergency management planning for harm reduction services in rural OhioUH3DA044822 · NIDA · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GO, VIVIAN F., MILLER, WILLIAM C · 2019 to 2022
$2.5M
Implementing a Community-Based Response to the Opioid Epidemic in Rural OhioUG3DA044822 · NIDA · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GO, VIVIAN F., MILLER, WILLIAM C · 2017 to 2018
$1.1M
Chronic pain management, opioid misuse, and risk of blood-borne infectionsR21DA046048 · NIDA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI PENCE, BRIAN W · 2018 to 2019
$428k
NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA046048NIDA NIH HHS UG3 DA044822NIDA NIH HHS UH3 DA044822
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Clinical ClerkshipHarm ReductionAdultCurriculumDrug OverdoseEpidemicsFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleNaloxoneOpioid-Related DisordersRural PopulationSurveys and QuestionnairesNaloxoneDrug epidemichepatitis Copioidsrural Appalachiasubstance use

Identifiers

PMID31403903
PMCPMC7012683
OpenAlexW2967786443

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Registered trials

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