Policing and risk of overdose mortality in urban neighborhoods

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-68

  Bohnert, Amy S B ^a,b   Nandi, Arijit ^c   Tracy, Melissa ^d   Cerdá, Magdalena ^e   Tardiff, Kenneth J ^f   Vlahov, David ^e   Galea, Sandro ^g  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Drug use; Opiates; Overdose; Policing; Spatial

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLICE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW YORK CITY; OVERDOSE; POLICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 78650241592     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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