Suicide and other-cause mortality among heroin users in Taiwan: A prospective study

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2619-2623

  Lee, Charles T C ^a   Chen, Vincent C H ^b   Tan, Happy K L ^c   Chou, Sun Yuan ^c   Wu, Kuen Hong ^c   Chan, Chia Hsiang ^c   Gossop, Michael ^d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taoyuan Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heroin; Mortality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHADONE TREATMENT; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

HEROIN; MORTALITY; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84880372766     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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