Jurisdictional trends in opioid overdose deaths, 1988-96

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 802-807

  Hall, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032454861     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1998.tb01497.x     Document Type: Article

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