Fatal methadone and heroin overdoses: time trends in England and Wales.
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Fatal methadone and heroin overdoses: time trends in England and Wales.
STUDY OBJECTIVE Although the total number of self poisonings in England and Wales has dropped by 32%, the number involving methadone and/or heroin rose by 900% in 1974-92. Because of concern about the role of methadone in this increase, the part played by methadone and heroin in poisoning deaths in England and Wales in 1974-92 was investigated. DESIGN A proportional mortality design was used ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.4.435