Substance misuse patterns and blood types of self-introduced addicts to substance rehabilitation centers of bam city.
BACKGROUND
With regard to the perceptible population, cultural, social andenvironmental changes in the aftermath of the earthquake in Bam City,this study was conducted to pinpoint substance misuse patterns and tofigure out the probable relationship between substance misuse andblood types of the addicts referred to Substance rehabilitation Clinicsfrom 2006 to 2007 in Bam City.


METHODS
In this case-control study, the sample size includes volunteering andself-introduced addicts and also a random selection of 360 healthyclients referred to the Blood Transfusion Organization as the controlgroup. Both groups' data were analyzed using descriptive statistics andChi square and the odds ratio was estimated too.


RESULTS
Three-hundred ninety nine individuals from nearly 3000 clients referred tothe rehabilitation clinic from 2005 to 2008 participated with completeconsent in the study. The highest frequency belonged to opium addicts(85.6%) and the most prevalent addiction type pertains to opiumconsumption via smoke inhalation (58.2%). The probability rate of ABnegative blood type compared to other blood types among the addicts was6.07 fold the control group.


CONCLUSIONS
There has been an increasing rate of addiction in bam after earthquakeand The substance consumption pattern has moved towards moredangerous methods. The high prevalence of AB blood type bringsabout a lot of presuppositions for geneticists, epidemiologists,hematologists and all majors in basic sciences.
Instructor of Epidemiology, Tropical and Infectious Diseases Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman. Iran.
Mohammadreza
M
Aflatoonian
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Hassan
H
Ziaaddini
Psychiatrist, Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Ali
A
Kheradmand
Instructor of Pharmacology, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Manzumeh
M
Shamsi Meimandi
Senior Researcher, Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Kouros
K
Divsalar
Assistant Professor of Immunology, Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Majid
M
Mahmoodi
Blood type; Substance misuse; Substance rehabilitation centers