Background Few longitudinal cohort studies have focused on the impact of substances
abused and psychiatric disorders on premature mortality. The aim of the present study was …

Background We need to better understand how the use of different substances and
psychiatric comorbidity influence premature death generally and cause-specific death by …

AIMS: To evaluate premature mortality and causes of death from young adulthood to middle
age in a cohort of drug users followed during almost four decades DESIGN: Follow-up study …

OBJECTIVE: To identify causes of death among Norwegian drug abusers and to investigate
the risk factors for fatal overdose and other causes of death, with specific attention to ageing …

BACKGROUND: Drug users in clinical samples have elevated mortality compared with the
general population, but little is known about mortality among users of drugs within the …

Background: This article presents a 30-year follow-up study of a cohort of 1163 substance
misusers who were in inpatient treatment in the early 1980s. Data was originally collected in …

Background Although mortality is a known complication of illicit drug use, robust
epidemiological studies on drug-related mortality in Finland are scarce. We examined all …

Purpose Nationwide data have been lacking on drug abuse (DA)-associated mortality. We
do not know the degree to which this excess mortality results from the characteristics of drug …

Abstract Introduction and Aims. To examine the overall mortality and causes of deaths of a
large cohort of users of illicit drugs in Stockholm over 37 years. Design and Methods. People …

Background We investigated the association between social determinants and a broad
selection of drug-related deaths in a general population. Methods We conducted a follow-up …