Mortality rate among crack/cocaine-dependent patients: A 12-year prospective cohort study conducted in Brazil

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-278

  Dias, Andréa C ^a   Araújo, Marcelo R ^a   Dunn, John ^a   Sesso, Ricardo C ^a   De Castro, Viviane ^a   Laranjeira, Ronaldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crack cocaine; Mortality; Prospective cohort study; Survival analysis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052332091     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: 18736483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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