Dying for heroin: The increasing opioid-related mortality in the Republic of Ireland, 1980-1999

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 589-592

  Kelleher, Michael J A ^a   Keown, Patrick J ^a   O'Gara, Colin ^a   Keaney, Francis ^a   Farrell, Michael ^a   Strang, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug dependence; Heroin; Ireland; Mortality; Opiates; Opioids

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEROIN; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 29044448779     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki048     Document Type: Article

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