McElrath, Karen and Harris, Julie (2013) Peer injecting: implications for injecting order and blood-borne viruses among men and women who inject heroin. Journal of Substance Use, 18, (1), pp. 31-45. 10.3109/14659891.2012.716901.

McElrath, Karen and O'Neill, Christina (2011) Experiences with mephedrone pre-and-post legislative controls: perceptions of safety and sources of supply. International Journal of Drug Policy, 22, (2), pp. 120-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2010.11.001.

McElrath, Karen and Van Hout, Marie Claire (2011) A preference for mephedrone: drug markets, drugs of choice, and the emerging “legal high” scene. Journal of Drug Issues, 41, (4), pp. 487-508. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F002204261104100403.

McElrath, Karen (2005) Booting and flushing: needle rituals and risk for bloodborne viruses. Journal of Substance Use, 11, (3), 177¨C189. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659890600594070.

McElrath, Karen and Jordan, Michele (2005) Drug use and risk behaviours among injecting drug users. Belfast: Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety.

McElrath, Karen (2005) MDMA and sexual behavior: ecstasy users' perceptions about sexuality and sexual risk. Substance Use & Misuse, 40, (9/10), pp. 1461-1477. https://doi.org/10.1081/ja-200066814.

McElrath, Karen (2004) Drug use and drug markets in the context of political conflict: The case of Northern Ireland. Addiction Research & Theory, 12, (6), pp. 577-590. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066350412331323056.

McElrath, Karen (2003) Review of research on substitute prescribing for opiate dependence and implications for Northern Ireland. Belfast: Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety.

McElrath, Karen and Higgins, Kathryn and McEvoy, Kieran (2002) Does Ulster still say no? Drugs, politics and propaganda in Northern Ireland. Journal of Drug Issues, 28, (1), pp. 127-155.

McElrath, Karen and McEvoy, Kieran (2002) Negative experiences on Ecstasy: the role of drug, set and setting. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 34, (2), pp. 199-208.

McElrath, Karen (2002) Prevalence of problem heroin use in Northern Ireland. Belfast: Drug & Alcohol Information & Research Unit, Department of Health, Social Services & Public Safety.

McElrath, Karen (2001) Risk behaviors among injecting drug users in Northern Ireland. Substance Use & Misuse, 36, (14), pp. 2137-2157.

McElrath, Karen and McEvoy, Kieran (2001) Fact, fiction, and function: mythmaking and the social construction of ecstasy use. Substance Use & Misuse, 36, (1&2), pp. 1-22.

McElrath, Karen and McEvoy, Kieran (2001) Heroin as Evil: ecstasy users' perceptions about heroin. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 8, (2), pp. 177-189.

McElrath, Karen (2001) Heroin use in Northern Ireland: a qualitative study into heroin users' lifestyles, experiences, and risk behaviours (1997-1999). Belfast: Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety.