High mortality among young crack cocaine users in Brazil: A 5-year follow-up study

Addiction

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1133-1135

  Ribeiro, Marcelo ^a,c   Dunn, John ^b   Laranjeira, Ronaldo ^a   Sesso, Ricardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Alameda Sarutaiá ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Addiction; Crack cocaine; Drug abuse; Follow up study; Mortality

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4544285735     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00804.x     Document Type: Review

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