A 20-year prospective study of mortality and causes of death among hospitalized opioid addicts in Oslo

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bjornaas, Mari A ^a,b   Bekken, Anette S ^b   Ojlert, Aasa ^b   Haldorsen, Tor ^b   Jacobsen, Dag ^a   Rostrup, Morten ^a   Ekeberg, Oivind ^a,b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIMEMAZINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; NARCOTIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF POISONING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTOXICATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RISK; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NARCOTICS; NEOPLASMS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OVERDOSE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK; STREET DRUGS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 42449095459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-8     Document Type: Article

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