Mortality Trends in a Cohort of Opiate Addicts, Catalonia, Spain
Author(s) -
Rafaël Lucas,
Antònia DomingoSalvany,
Álvaro Muñoz,
Dave Macfarlane,
Josep M. Suelves,
Josep M. Antó
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/25.3.545
Subject(s) - addiction , life expectancy , opiate , medicine , cohort , demography , habit , cohort study , pediatrics , psychiatry , environmental health , population , psychology , receptor , sociology , psychotherapist
Opiate addiction affects young adults whose life expectancy is reduced as a consequence of their habit. In the midst of the AIDS epidemic, the present study objective was to analyse recent overall and cause-specific mortality trends among opiate addicts in Catalonia (Spain).
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