All-cause mortality among individuals with disorders related to the use of methamphetamine: A comparative cohort study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 290-294

  Callaghan, Russell C ^a,b   Cunningham, James K ^c   Verdichevski, Marina ^a   Sykes, Jenna ^d   Jaffer, Sukaina R ^a   Kish, Stephen J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabis; Cocaine; Cohort; Methamphetamine; Mortality; Opioids

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX FACTORS;

CANNABIS;

EID: 84866402463     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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