Open AccessMortality of drug addicts in the United Kingdom 1967-1993
Author(s) -
Hamid Ghodse
Publication year - 1998
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/27.3.473
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , mortality rate , standardized mortality ratio , population , drug addict , excess mortality , epidemiology , cause of death , addiction , psychiatry , environmental health , surgery , disease , sociology
Mortality in specified clinical populations has often been regarded as a measure of treatment effectiveness. This study examined time trends in mortality of drug addicts in the UK notified to the Home Office over a 27-year period.
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