Elevated overdose mortality rates among First Nations individuals in a Canadian setting: A population-based analysis

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1962-1970

  Milloy, M J ^a,b   Wood, Evan ^a,b   Reading, Charlotte ^c   Kane, Daniel ^b   Montaner, Julio ^a,b   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

First nations; Mortality; Overdose

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; OVERDOSE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 78649555689     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03077.x     Document Type: Article

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