Heroin-related deaths in New South Wales, Australia, 1992-1996

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-150

  Darke, Shane ^a   Ross, Joanne ^a   Zador, Deborah ^b   Sunjic, Sandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heroin related deaths; Morphine; Poldrug use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; MORPHINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034255352     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(99)00147-7     Document Type: Article

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