Methodological issues in the surveillance of poisoning, illicit drug overdose, and heroin overdose deaths in New Mexico

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-278

  Landen, Michael G ^a   Castle, Stuart ^a   Nolte, Kurt B ^b   Gonzales, Mary ^c   Escobedo, Luis G ^c   Chatterjee, Barbara F ^a   Johnson, Karen ^a   Sewell, C Mack ^a  

^a Office of Epidemiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Coroners and medical examiners; Heroin; Mortality; Overdose; Poisoning; Population surveillance; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG USER; HEALTH MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POISONING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORONER; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HEROIN; HUMANS; NEW MEXICO; OVERDOSE; POISONING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VITAL STATISTICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037309477     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf196     Document Type: Article

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