Concomitant drugs of misuse and drug using behaviours associated with fatal opiate-related poisonings in Sheffield, UK, 1997-2000

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-197

  Oliver, Phillip ^a   Keen, Jenny ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b North Sheffield Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benodiazepines; Fatal poisonings; Heroin; Methadone; Opiate overdose

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; OPIATE;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CORONER; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRISON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING AND SMOKING RELATED PHENOMENA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BENZODIAZEPINES; ENGLAND; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OVERDOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0037309431     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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