Cause-specific mortality among people previously hospitalized with opioid-related conditions: A retrospective cohort study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 620-624

  Veldhuizen, Scott ^a   Callaghan, Russell C ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Cohort analysis; Opioids

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; OPIATE;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLUENZA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROSIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OPIATE ADDICTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SUICIDE; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905016014     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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