Mortality in a cohort of young primary cocaine users: Controlling the effect of the riskiest drug-use behaviors

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1601-1604

  Barrio, Gregorio ^a,b   Molist, Gemma ^b,c   de la Fuente, Luis ^b,c   Fernández, Fermín ^d   Guitart, Anna ^b,e,f   Bravo, María J ^b,c   Brugal, M Teresa ^b,e,f   Ambrós, Mireia ^g   Ballesta, Rosario ^g   Bartroli, Montserrat ^g   Bilbao, Izaskun ^g   Castellano, Yolanda ^g   Espelt, Albert ^g   Domingo Salvany, Antonia ^g   Pulido, José ^g   Sánchez Niubó, Albert ^g   Santos, Sara ^g   Sordo, Luis ^g   Vallejo, Fernando ^g  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^d Andalusian Social Services and Dependency Agency (ASSDA)   (Spain)

^e AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Cocaine abuse; Cohort; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SELF REPORT; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RISK-TAKING; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871055509     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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