Acute risk of drug-related death among newly released prisoners in England and Wales

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-255

  Farrell, Michael ^a,b   Marsden, John ^b  

^a Addiction Sciences Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug related death; Mortality; Overdose; Prison; Release

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONER; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BENZODIAZEPINES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COCAINE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OVERDOSE; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 38049166116     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02081.x     Document Type: Article

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