Recording of clinical information in a Scotland-wide drug deaths study

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1289-1298

  Baldacchino, A ^a   Crome, I B ^b   Zador, D ^c   McGarrol, S ^a   Taylor, A ^d   Hutchison, S ^e   Fahey, T ^f   Hickman, M ^g   Kidd, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Justice Health   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; clinical governance; data linkage; drug deaths

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG FATALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PROGENY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS; OVERDOSE; RECORDS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77956194113     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881109103797     Document Type: Article

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