Drug involvement in fatal overdoses
Death certificate data from the Multiple Cause of Death (MCOD) files were analyzed to better understand the drug categories most responsible for the increase in fatal overdoses occurring between 1999 and 2014. Statistical adjustment methods were used to account for the understatement in reported dru...
Main Author: | Christopher J. Ruhm |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-12-01
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Series: | SSM: Population Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827316301823 |
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