Drug poisoning deaths in the United States, 1999-2012: A statistical adjustment analysis

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ruhm, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Death certificates; Drug involvement; Drug poisoning mortality; Fatal drug poisonings; Poisoning deaths

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA SET; DRUG; HEALTH SURVEY; POISONING; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL DATA;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954214042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12963-016-0071-7     Document Type: Article

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