Has mortality in drug addicts increased? A comparison between two hospitalized cohorts in Stockholm

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1219-1226

  Wahren, Caroline Adamsson ^a   Brandt, Lena ^b   Allebeck, Peter ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 2642631757     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.6.1219     Document Type: Article

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