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. 2015 Nov 5;2015:376–385.

Table 4:

Distribution of values for Method element. (# of values; (Frequency); [# unique values])

Clinical Text Research Measures
246 Total Values; 33 Unique Values; 12 Groups 178 Total Values; 42 Unique Values; 16 Groups


Use: 158 (64.2%) [7]
  Us, use, used, uses, usage, using
  Utilize
Intake: 32 (13.0%) [1]
  Intake
Inhale: 22 (8.9%) [6]
  Smoke, smokes, smiokes, smoking
  Vaporized
Inject: 14 (5.7%) [6]
  Inject, injection
  Boot
  IVDU, needles
Use: 91 (51.1%) [4]
  Use, used, using, usage
Take: 32 (18.0%) [1]
  Taken
Inject: 15 (8.4%) [11]
  Inject, injected
  Injected using needle
  Injection into the skin, IV injection
Inhale: 13 (7.3%) [5]
  Inhaled,
  Freebasing, Huffing
  Smoked, smoking