Prevalence of cocaine use among residents of new york city who committed suicide during a one-year period

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 371-375

  Marzuk, Peter M ^a   Tardiff, Kenneth ^b   Leon, Andrew C ^b   Stajic, Marina ^b   Morgan, Edward B ^b   Mann, J John ^b  

^a Medical College ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; AUTOPSY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BLACKS; CHILD; COCAINE; CRACK COCAINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026582712     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.149.3.371     Document Type: Article

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