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 …

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

Compared with their contemporaries, individuals abusing illicit drugs suffer a higher risk of
premature death. In Sweden, a simple protocol for registration of fatalities among abusers of …

Aims: Statistics on drug-related deaths (DRD) provide crucial information on the drug
situation. The European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has …

Cases of fatal poisoning among drug addicts examined at the institutes of forensic medicine
in Aarhus, Denmark (n= 238) and Oslo, Norway (n= 263) are compared and discussed on …

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 …

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 …

Premature death is a serious public health concern. The primary objective of this study was
to examine premature deaths in terms of potential years of life lost (PYLL) in a cohort of 4817 …