Overdose fatality and surveillance as a method for understanding mortality trends in homeless populations

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1264-1265

  Gambatese, Melissa ^a   Madsen, Ann ^a   Marder, Dova ^b  

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

^b Government of New york   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; OPIATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEART DISEASE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; STATISTICS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84880033942     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6849     Document Type: Letter

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4. Gambatese M, Marder D, Begier E, et al. Five years of mortality surveillance of New York City homeless populations: what is the programmatic impact? Am J Public Health. In press.