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Papers: 9 Nov 2019 - 15 Nov 2019


Human Studies


2019 Dec 01


Drug Alcohol Depend


205

Characteristics and circumstances of heroin and pharmaceutical opioid overdose deaths: Comparison across opioids.

Authors

Roxburgh A, Hall WD, Gisev N, Degenhardt L
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 Dec 01; 205:107533.
PMID: 31704378.

Abstract

Although much is known about the correlates of heroin overdose, less is known about pharmaceutical opioid (PO) overdose. This study aimed to examine correlates of opioid overdose deaths by opioid and compare correlates between opioids.