Licit and illicit substance use among people who inject drugs and the association with subsequent suicidal attempt

Addiction

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1636-1643

  Artenie, Andreea Adelina ^a,b   Bruneau, Julie ^a,b   Roy, Élise ^c,d   Zang, Geng ^a   Lespérance, François ^a,b   Renaud, Johanne ^e   Tremblay, Joël ^f   Jutras Aswad, Didier ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Amphetamine; Cannabis; Cocaine; Drug use; Opioids; Sedative; Suicide

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CANNABIS SMOKING; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; QUEBEC; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84941173818     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13030     Document Type: Article

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