Gender differences in the presence of drugs in violent deaths

Addiction

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 547-555

  Sheehan, Connor M ^a   Rogers, Richard G ^b   Williams, George W ^b   Boardman, Jason D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Gender; Homicide; Illicit drugs; Suicide; Violent death

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORADO; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873942849     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.04098.x     Document Type: Article

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