Mortality of drug addicts in the United Kingdom 1967-1993

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 473-478

  Ghodse, Hamid ^a   Oyefeso, Adenekan ^a   Kilpatrick, Bridget ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug dependence; Drug related mortality; Opiate addicts; Treatment effectiveness

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031818398     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.3.473     Document Type: Article

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