Acute drug-related mortality of people recently released from prisons

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 637-639

  Moller L F ^a   Matic, S ^a   van den Bergh, B J ^a   Moloney, K ^a   Hayton, P ^b   Gatherer, A ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b WHO Collaborating Centre for Promoting Prison Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug related mortality; Prevention; Prisons; WHO report

Indexed keywords

DRUG USER; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

HUMANS; OVERDOSE; PRISONERS; STREET DRUGS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77957929981     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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