Opioid overdose mortality in Australia, 1964-1997: Birth-cohort trends

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-37

  Hall, Wayne D ^a   Degenhardt, Louisa J ^a   Lynskey, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY;

EID: 0033526792     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123495.x     Document Type: Article

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