Trends in overdose deaths from drug misuse in Europe: What do the data tell us?

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 699-700

  Morgan, Oliver ^a   Vicente, Julian ^b   Griffiths, Paul ^b   Hickman, Matthew ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug misuse; Mortality; Overdose; Surveillance monitoring

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; OPIATE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EUROPE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; OVERDOSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 42149189533     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02102.x     Document Type: Editorial

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