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Harm Reduction

"Harm Reduction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The application of methods designed to reduce the risk of harm associated with certain behaviors without reduction in frequency of those behaviors. The risk-associated behaviors include ongoing and active addictive behaviors.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Harm Reduction" by people in this website by year, and whether "Harm Reduction" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2017 and 2024
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