Deaths from drug abuse in northwestern Spain, 1992-97

Addiction Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-95

  Pereiro, C ^a   Bermejo, Ana María ^a,b   Fernandez P ^a   Tabernero, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037358420     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1355621031000069936     Document Type: Article

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