Drug-related emergencies and drug-related deaths in Vienna, 1995-1997

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 307-313

  Risser, Daniele ^a   Hönigschnabl, Selma ^a   Stichenwirth, Martin ^a   Sebald, Dieter ^c   Kaff, Günther ^c   Schneider, Barbara ^b   Vycudilik, Walter ^a   Bauer, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Vienna Ambulance Service   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drug related deaths; Drug related emergencies; Emergency medicine; Forensic medicine; Forensic science

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; DEATH; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035253454     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(00)00150-2     Document Type: Article

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