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 …

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 …

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: Substance abusers are known to have a high mortality, but the mortality
rate and cause of death pattern has varied between studies and over time. The aim of the …

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 …

Sweden's compulsory addiction system treats individuals with severe alcohol and narcotics
use disorders. Merging data from three national level register databases of those sentenced …

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 …

This study was designed to supplement knowledge of three aspects of fatal overdose and
imprisonment. Our aims were to investigate whether drug abusers are subject to a higher …

Aim: To study long-term mortality and causes of death in a cohort of drug users in relation to
main type of drug use and HIV-status. Methods: A total of 1640 hospitalized drug users in …

This study investigated causes and manner of drug-related fatalities recorded in 2000 in the
United Kingdom, measuring the 'masked'manner of death in cases typically recorded as …