Tobacco-, alcohol-, and drug-attributable deaths and their contribution to mortality disparities in a cohort of homeless adults in Boston

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1189-1197

  Baggett, Travis P ^a,b,c   Chang, Yuchiao ^a,b   Singer, Daniel E ^a,b   Porneala, Bianca C ^a   Gaeta, Jessie M ^d   O'Connell, James J ^a,b,c   Rigotti, Nancy A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BOSTON; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84929379006     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302248     Document Type: Article

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