Three-year mortality and predictors after release: A longitudinal study of the first-time drug offenders in Taiwan

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 920-927

  Chen, Chuan Yu ^a,b   Wu, Pei Ning ^a,b   Su, Lien Wen ^c   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^b   Lin, Keh Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community re entry; Drug offenders; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRISONER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950662583     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02894.x     Document Type: Article

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