Revisiting the role of the urban environment in substance use: The case of analgesic overdose fatalities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2252-2260

  Cerdá, Magdalena ^a   Ransome, Yusuf ^a   Keyes, Katherine M ^a   Koenen, Karestan C ^a   Tardiff, Kenneth ^b   Vlahov, David ^c   Galea, Sandro ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG OVERDOSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887299960     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301347     Document Type: Article

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