A multicentre study on the causes of death among Italian injecting drug users. AIDS has overtaken overdose as the principal cause of death

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-67

  Mezzelani, P ^a   Quaglio, G L ^a   Venturini, L ^a   Lugoboni, F ^a   Friedman, S R ^b   Des Jarlais, D C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCUBATION TIME; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031906890     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713612356     Document Type: Article

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