Drug abuse-related mortality in the United States: Patterns and correlates

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-117

  Kallan, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INTOXICATION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOSIS; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031937652     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952999809001701     Document Type: Article

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