Excess mortality among injection drug users with AIDS, New York city (1999-2004)

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 245-253

  Pfeiffer, Melissa R ^a   Hanna, David B ^a   Begier, Elizabeth M ^a   Sepkowitz, Kent A ^a   Zimmerman, Regina ^a   Sackoff, Judith E ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; cause of death; injection drug users; mortality; overdose; preventable death

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OVERDOSE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 79951559750     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2011.522850     Document Type: Article

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